Opposition candidate fails to win parliamentary committee chair vote

Irina Yolyan, a member of parliament from the opposition Strong Armenia faction, has failed to be elected chair of the parliamentary Committee on Territorial Administration and Environmental Protection in a secret ballot.

A total of 102 MPs participated in the vote, with one ballot declared invalid.

The votes were as follows: 38 MPs in favor and 63 against.

Yolyan was the faction’s second nominee after MP Davit Ghazinyan failed to win the confirmation vote.