YEREVAN, OCTOBER 10, ARMENPRESS. Two other lawmakers have joined the petition endorsing Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s stance on the need to hold early elections of parliament in December.
The two latest additions to the petition are independent MP Martun Grigoryan (who was granted mandate as replacement for Felix Tsolakyan – who was appointed minister of emergency situations), and Republican (HHK) faction MP Robert Sargsyan.
The number of MPs to have signed the petition has reached to 18.
A group of Members of Parliament, mostly from the Republican (HHK) faction, also former faction members-turned independent, have signed a petition endorsing PM Nikol Pashinyan’s stance on holding early elections of parliament in December. Lawmakers who signed the petition include Alik Sargsyan, a former national police chief, Artak Sargsyan, an businessman owning the SAS supermarket chain and Samvel Aleksanyan, an influential businessman owning the Yerevan City supermarket chain, and other companies.
MPs who earlier signed the petition are:
Ashot Arsenyan, Independent, formerly from HHK faction
Alik Sargsyan, HHK faction
Artak Sargsyan. Independent, formerly from HHK
Arman Sahakyan, independent, formerly from HHK
Tatchat Vardapetyan, HHK faction
Hakob G. Hakobyan, HHK faction
Shirak Torosyan, independent, formerly from HHK
Knyaz Hasanov, HHK faction
Arsen Mikhaylov, HHK faction
Harutyun Karapoghosyan, HHK faction
Samvel Aleksanyan, independent, formerly from HHK
Nahapet Gevorgyan, HHK faction
Arayik Grigoryan, HHK action
Ishkhan Zakaryan, Tsarukyan faction
“We endorse Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s stance on holding early elections of parliament in December of 2018. After Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation as Prime Minister, a new Prime Minister shouldn’t be elected until early elections and the incumbent parliament should be dissolved,” the statement signed by the MPs says.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan