LIVE: NA elects new Prime Minister (video)
14.50 NA Special Session restarted after half an hour break RPA MPs continue to ask the head of the Yelk (Way out) faction, the leader of the "My Step" popular opposition movement, candidate for the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan. 12.18 At today's NA special session NA Speaker Ara Babloyan first called on all the representatives to be attentive and respective towards each other and to respect the right of the other person to express their opinion and expression. Ararat Mirzoyan, member of the Yelk (Way out) faction, presented Nikol Pashinyan as a candidate for the prime minister. ........................................ At today's special session Nikol Pashinyan came and sat down on the chair of the head of the faction, rather than the chair where the candidates usually sit. Tsarukyan faction leader Gagik Tsarukyan, who was not present at Serzh Sargsyan's nomination for the post of prime minister, is present at the session. 102 MPs are registered.
