“According to Zhoghovurd’s information, the [respective] appointment will be made next week.
“As for the candidates, three names were being circulated yesterday [Friday]: Presidential Chief of Staff Vigen Sargsyan, former [capital city] Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan, and NA [National Assembly] Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan.
“According to the news being circulated in the backstage of the authorities, Abrahamyan’s appointment is the most likely, at present.
“Furthermore, as Zhoghovurd learned from its parliamentary sources, Abrahamyan already has started preparing his teammates to going to the government.
“Those close to the NA speaker were regulating—still, on their head—the matters of furnishing the government, provided they would not be disappointed this time, too,” Zhoghovurd wrote.
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan on Thursday offered his resignation to President Serzh Sargsyan, and the President accepted the PM’s resignation.