Parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan officially resigned during the November 14 parliamentary sitting.

According to Mr. Abrahamyan, his decision is conditioned by heading Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) election headquarters and the necessity of holding fair and transparent elections in 2012.

He noted that he will continue performing his duties in the capacity of a member of parliament and thanked his colleagues for joint work.

“Hope, I managed to make the work of the parliament transparent for the public,” he said.

On November 1, Abrahamyan announced his resignation to head RPA election headquarters and more effectively conduct the campaign.

On November 3, by the decree of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, the first deputy chief of presidential staff Mikael Minasyan was dismissed to take a post at RPA election headquarters.