YEREVAN. – Ever since Armenian National Assembly’s (NA) former Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan and some of his assistants left, incumbent NA Speaker Samvel Nikoyan has a new assistant by the name of Rafayel Abovyan, Hraparak daily writes.  

“It is not known who he is and in which matters he came to assist the NA Speaker. The only thing known is that he is a representative of the [ruling coalition’s] Republican Party [of Armenia]. Yesterday [Wednesday] he refused to respond to our journalist’s question, and he left his own room,” Hraparak writes.