YEREVAN. – Even though President Serzh Sargsyan and National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan have returned from their vacation, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is not preparing to hold an Executive Board (EB) session on Thursday, Hraparak daily reports.  

“There have been no EB meetings for several weeks, now. Why will it not be held this week? We asked our RPA source.  

“‘Most of the MPs are still resting, they are not in the country; they will come, we will convene.’

“[To note,] the nominations for the MP candidates in Election District No. 38 of Syunik Region have begun on [Monday,] August 5. The elections in this area are slated for September 29.  

“According to some news, [President and RPA leader] Serzh Sargsyan instructed the RPA Syunik regional organization to first decide on their own upon the [RPA] candidate. And the chairman of the RPA Syunik regional organization is former Regional Governor Surik Khachatryan, who did not rule out even the likelihood of his running,” Hraparak writes.