YEREVAN.- Samvel Nikyan was elected Speaker of the Armenian Parliament on Tuesday.

The parliamentary opposition Heritage Party proposed its own nominee, too, as Party leader Raffi Hovannisian nominated Heritage MP Larisa Alaverdyan to this post.   

A special session may be convened during which Deputy Speaker will be elected.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, during its December 1 session, ruling Republican Party’s board decided to nominate Samvel Nikoyan as the new NA Speaker, and Eduard Sharmazanov, as Deputy Speaker.

And Gagik Melikyan will replace Sharmazanov as RPA Parliamentary Faction Secretary.