Ohannes Margaryan: Armenian Parliament Speaker Decided to Resign

PanARMENIAN.Net - Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Artur Baghdassaryan decided to hand in his resignation while Orinats Yerkir Party headed by him will come off the ruling coalition, member of Orinats Yerkir parliamentary faction Ohannes Margaryan told Shant TV Channel. He said the decision on resignation and party's secession from the ruling coalition was unanimously taken yesterday evening at the sitting of the political council of Orinats Yerkir Party.



Today Artur Baghdassaryan will render a press conference and officially announce of his resignation and Orinats Yerkir's secession from the coalition. To remind, during the recent days several parliamentarians came off Orinats Yerkir faction which serves on the ruling coalition along with the Republican Party of Armenia and Dashnaktsutyun on the basis of the memorandum, signed upon the outcomes of parliamentary elections in 2003, reported Mediamax.