YEREVAN. – Armenia’s National Assembly (NA) on Wednesday passed—with a vote of 71 for, 37 against, and no abstentions—the law on the 2013 State Budget.  

Prosperous Armenia Party and opposition Armenian National Congress, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, and Heritage NA factions voted against, whereas the ruling Republican Party and Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) factions cast ballots in favor of this bill.    

To note, large number of MPs were present and solely very few of them were absent at the time of the voting.