NEWLY-ELECTED PARLIAMENT STARTED ITS ACTIVITIES
Support A1+!Early in the morning the newly-elected deputies were in the NA, except for the “Orinats Yerkir Party” and the “Heritage” party. Sedrak Saroyan and Artak Davtyan, who were sitting on the deputy chairs for the first time, were even bewildered. The beginning of the NA activities was heralded by the RA state hymn, afterwards the RA President Robert Kocharyan spoke. He congratulated the deputies and pointed that they had contributed to the country’s democratization and promoted the maintenance of stability in the country. Mr. Kocharyan mentioned that it was vital since “the legitimacy of the parliament is irreproachable”. He also pointed out that a very interesting format was elected which would be basis for the parliamentary activities for some years. He called the deputies to forming parliamentary commissions and the government, confirming government projects and starting to work. The All Armenian Catholicos Garegin II also greeted and blessed the deputies.
The session was headed by the NA Deputy Rafik Petrosyan who read the names of the deputies and then the swearing-in ceremony began.
Tigran Torosyan was nominated as the NA Chairman by the “Republican Party of Armenia”. In his speech Tigran Torosyan highly estimated the parliamentary elections as corresponding to the international standards and talked about the NA activities, underlining the necessity of reforms in the social field.
