YEREVAN. – During his address prior to being elected Armenia’s National Assembly (NA) Speaker, Samvel Nikoyan had also reflected on the activities of NA Staff. “There seems to be a false impression among us that it is not the Staff that serves the MPs’ activities, but the opposite. We have things to do here,” Nikoyan had stated during his address, Yerkir daily writes.    

“Considering the fact that the relations between Samvel Nikoyan and NA Chief of Staff Gegham Gharibjanyan are not ‘good friendly,’ to put it mildly, we can assume that his [Nikoyan’s] words were directed at Gharibjanyan and that soon there will be the next dismissal at the parliament. Even though after [former NA Speaker] Hovik Abrahamyan’s resignation Gegham Gharibjanyan had announced that he is a ‘constant value’ and was not preparing to leave, he, in all probability, will not be able to work with Samvel Nikoyan,” Yerkir daily writes.