YEREVAN, MARCH 21, ARMENPRESS. The "Civil Contract" faction has nominated Anahit Manasyan, Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, as a candidate for Human Rights Defender. The faction made that decision at the recent session, ARMENPRESS reports, the head of the faction Hayk Konjoryan told the journalists.

According to Konjoryan, the faction approached this issue very seriously and considered various candidates.

"We have tried to find the best candidate and we consider that Mrs. Manasyan with her professional abilities, past path and principles is the candidate who can be a human rights defender," he said.