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YEREVAN. – A total of 67 MP candidates, who are included in the Republican Party of Armenia’s (RPA) proportional election list, submitted Thursday to the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) petitions for withdrawal from their parliamentary mandates, which they had received as a result of the May 6 National Assembly elections, a CEC official told Armenian News-NEWS.am.    

As per the official, such MP candidates include Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan—who heads the RPA’s proportional list—, PM Tigran Sargsyan, and capital city Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan.

Earlier, Republic Party leader Aram Sargsyan, Armenian National Congress leader and Armenia’s First President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, National Security Council Secretary and Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party (RLP) Chairman Arthur Baghdasaryan, Agriculture Minister and RLP member Sergo Karapetyan, Emergency Situations Minister and RLP member Armen Yeritsyan, and Larisa Alaverdyan from the Heritage Party likewise had submitted such petitions.

In case of such withdrawals, the parliamentary mandate is given to the next MP candidate in the proportional-election list of the given political force.

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