ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan is the most probable candidate for First Deputy Chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Eduard Sharmazanov, RPA Spokesman and Vice Speaker of Armenian Parliament, said following the meeting of RPA Executive Body. He stressed that the new leadership of the party will be elected during the RPA Council's session before December 25.
When summing up the results of the RPA's 16th congress, Sharmazanov said that the RPA is the key force that forms the political agenda of Armenia. "As regards the opposition forces, they have no ideological basis," he said.
He said that the RPA Executive Body's meeting covered issues related to formation of the RPA's party list. The participants discussed who will lead the party list and who will head the campaign headquarters. "These issues will be specified in early 2017," he said.
To note, at the RPA's congress, President Serzh Sargsyan was unanimously re-elected RPA Chairman. Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan and all the newly-appointed ministers, except Culture Minister Armen Amiryan and Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Hrachya Rustamyan, joined the ruling RPA.