YEREVAN. – In connection with Armenian National Assembly (NA) Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan’s formal resignation, several NA staff members also submitted their letters of resignation.

They include NA Speaker’s Chief Advisor, Viktor Mnatsakanyan, Speaker’s assistant, Sergey Lokyan, and NA Cultural Affairs Person in Charge, Armine Antikyan, reliable sources informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.  

To note, Hovik Abrahamyan handed in his resignation just minutes ago, and he addressed the MPs specifically as follows:

“Fully acknowledging the responsibility before the people, the [ruling coalition’s Republican] Party [of Armenia], and the President, I present my letter of resignation. Being elected NA Speaker, I announced the Parliament must work transparently, and let it not sound immodest [on my part], but it seems to me we have achieved that. This was a serious phase for me. I am confident NA would continue to be the defender of the interests of the state and people. Our country is entering the phase of regular elections, whose high-level conduct will be to the honor us all and, first and foremost, of the authorities. On numerous occasions, the authorities stated the holding of free and fair elections. Its political will exists.”