New lawmaker takes oath of office in parliament

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 16, ARMENPRESS. Days after the resignation of lawmaker Edgar Arakelyan from the ruling My Step bloc, Arthur Manukyan – the candidate for parliament under the bloc’s proportional list – was named as replacement and took office by taking the Oath of Office in parliament at the September 16 session.

Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan said the Central Electoral Commission has submitted the protocol on granting the next candidate from the party list the mandate.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan