YEREVAN. – The Armenian National Assembly (NA) on Thursday passed with a vote of 66 for, 36 against, and 20 abstentions the report on implementation of the 2012 budget.

Opposition factions Heritage, ARF Dashnaktsutyun and Armenian National Congress as well as Prosperous Armenia, as stated previously, voted against the report.

The parliament confirmed government’s decision on granting Vache Gabrielyan authority of the minister, head of staff of the Cabinet.

Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan said the  government applied to the parliament with a request to hold a special NA session.  The special session will be convened on June 17, at 12pm.