Name of new chairman to be announced
The name of the new speaker of the National Assembly will be announced in a couple of minutes. The count is over.
There were two candidates, including acting NA Chairman, MP of the Republican Party of Armenia Samvel Nikoyan and "Heritage" faction MP Larisa Alaverdyan.
The vote was held at one of the halls of the National Assembly during a session, and the electoral commission included members of each faction.
"Heritage" MP Anahit Bakhshyan expressed discontent that ex-NA chairman Hovik Abrahamyan's name was also on the list, even though he hadn't registered.
Bakhshyan noted that that was a violation and got into a small dispute with commission members just when Hovik Abrahamyan came to vote. After voting, Abrahamyan told journalists that he was sure that Samvel Nikoyan would be a good chairman and that there was no need for him to give Nikoyan advice.
"Heritage" MP Anahit Bakhshyan said some of the leaders of coalition factions had not come to vote, including leader of PAP faction Gagik Tsarukyan and leader of the ARF-D faction Vahan Hovhannisyan.
