YEREVAN. – Ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has approved candidacy of Samvel Farmanyan as a delegate to replace Arpine Hovhannisyan in the Armenian delegation to PACE.

Earlier Farmanyan told agency's correspondent that the proposal was made by speaker of the parliament and he agreed.

On September 4, RPA MP Arpine Hovhannisyan was appointed Minister of Justice of Armenia. Subsequently, “European Integration” NGO Chairman and political scientist Karen Bekaryan replaced Hovhannisyan in the parliament.

But it is not yet decided who will replace Arpine Hovhannisyan as Chairperson of the NA Ad Hoc Committee on Ethics.