YEREVAN. - The post of another deputy speaker of the parliament will require 12 mln AMD annually.

Chief of Staff at the Armenian National Assembly (NA), Hrayr Tovmasyan, told the aforementioned to journalists in the parliament Tuesday.

This figure is calculated on the basis of the fixed salaries of the two parliamentary deputy –speakers (66,000 AMD basic salary and 14 coefficients, that is 924,000 AMD or approx.  $1940). The salaries of the deputy speaker’s employees should also be added here.

According to the constitutional amendments adopted last December, a third deputy speaker, who will be guaranteed by the opposition, shall be added to the two existing ones in the parliament.