National Assembly to convene special sitting April 9
Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan began today's NA sitting by putting the previously debated draft laws to the vote. Lawmakers of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), particularly Alexan Petrosyan (owner of "MAP" Company who is known as Alik of MAP), immediately began pressing buttons for their absent colleagues.
Hovik Abrahamyan also informed the presentees that the Ombudsman's annual reports for 2011 and 2012 would be presented at the next four-day session as the report for 2012 was still in progress.
The NA Speaker also declared that at the suggestion of HHK faction head Galust Sahakyan and pursuant to the NA Regulations, the National Assembly will convene on April 9 a special sitting at the Karen Demirtchyan Sports and Concert Complex.
Serzh Sargsyan will be sworn in as Armenia's president for a second term on April 9 amid ongoing post-election protests in Yerevan's Freedom Square led by opposition leader, Chairman of the Heritage party Raffi Hovannisian. The latter clams to be the rightful winner of the February 18 ballot in which Sargsyan won 59% of the vote compared to Hovannisian's 37%, according to the official count. Serzh Sargsyan's inauguration is expected to be held at the Complex.
