YEREVAN. – The “Way Out” (Yelk) Faction of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia will nominate a candidate for PM.
Gevorg Gorgisyan, secretary of the faction, on Tuesday told the above-said to Armenian News-NEWS.am.
“The consultation with lawyers prompted that we have to nominate a candidate for Prime Minister,” he said. “[And] we will nominate the candidacy of [acting PM] Nikol Pashinyan.”
Deadline for the NA factions to nominate PM candidates is Tuesday 6pm.
On October 16, Nikol Pashinyan resigned from the office of Prime Minister of Armenia. And if the National Assembly is dissolved should it cannot elect a new PM in two attempts, a snap parliamentary election is expected to be conducted within the first ten days of December.