YEREVAN.- Republican Party of Armenia has not yet discussed the nomination for Speaker of the Parliament, spokesperson for the party Eduard Sharmazanov told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He reconfirmed that Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan decided to hand in resignation on his own initiative to focus on the position of the head of election office.

“It was Abrahamyan’s decision to concentrate on the work of election office’s head. We respect his decision,” he said.

Sharmazanov said he would inform of the details as soon as the party discusses nomination for Parliament Speaker.