The speaker of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia issued a statement Tuesday on the petition by Artur Vanetsyan—leader of the opposition "With Honor" Faction of the NA and chairman of the opposition Homeland Party—to resign from his parliamentary mandate.

“Pursuant to Article 155.1 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan submitted his resignation letter on June 21,” the statement reads.

“Pursuant to Article 155.2 of the Constitutional Law the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, if within a week, after the promulgation of resignation, the deputy withdraws his/her application for resignation with a written application, then the President of the National Assembly shall make a statement on that, if he/she does not withdraw his/her letter for resignation, then a protocol shall be made on the termination of his/her powers, which shall be signed and promulgated by the President of the National Assembly. The resignation shall be deemed adopted from the moment of promulgation of the protocol,” the statement added.

As reported earlier, Artur Vanetsyan announced his resignation from his parliamentary seat and the termination of cooperation between the former ruling RPA and the Homeland parties.