Fourteen deputies from the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia have signed a statement with respect to holding a snap parliamentary election.

“We support Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s position of holding snap NA elections in December 2018,” the statement reads. “After N. Pashinyan’s resignation from the post of Prime Minister until the snap NA elections, a new prime minister should not be elected and the current NA should be dissolved.”

The said MPs are as follows: Ashot Arsenyan,  Alik Sargsyan,  Artak Sargsyan,  Arman Sahakyan,  Tachat Vardapetyan,  Hakob G. Hakobyan,  Shirak Torosyan,  Knyaz Hasanov,  Arsen Mikhailov,  Harutyun Karapoghosyan,  Samvel Alekanyan,  Nahapet Gevorgyan,  Arayik Grigoryan, and  Ishkhan Zakaryan.