YEREVAN.- Speaker of the Armenian parliament Hovik Abrahamyan nominated incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan as Republican Party of Armenia’s (RPA) presidential candidate.

“Taking into account the decisions made by the RPA council, political biography and experience on state management as well as personal qualities of Armenia’s incumbent president, RPA chairman Serzh Sargsyan, I am submitting for a discussion nominating him as a presidential candidate,” Abarahmyan told the participants of RPA special session on Staurday.

In response to Abrahamyan’s question about other proposals, the delegates answered with applause.  

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