YEREVAN. – The Communist Party of Armenia (CPA) Central Committee convened a plenum Sunday, during which the party elected new leaders.  

Tachat Sargsyan, Acting First Secretary of the CPA Central Committee, was elected First Secretary. Yerjanik Ghazaryan, Secretary of the CPA Youth Policy Affairs, was elected Second Secretary. 

Armenian News-NEWS.am learned that several Central Committee members had spoken against the nominees, but the overwhelming majority of the committee members did not support them.   

The plenum discussants also decided to prepare for the next CPA congress whose date the party Central Committee will set after May or June.