The parliamentary faction of the Strong Armenia opposition bloc will vote against Ruben Rubinyan's candidacy for the post of National Assembly (NA) speaker, faction leader Narek Karapetyan announced at Monday’s  session of the newly elected NA.

The only candidate nominated for that position is Ruben Rubinyan, a 36-year-old MP from the ruling Civil Contract party, who was one of the deputy speakers in the previous parliament, and until recently was Armenia's special representative in the negotiations on the normalization of relations with Turkey.