ArmInfo.The leadership of the "My Step" bloc is trying to shift its responsibility onto us, saying that the opposition could nominate one candidate for the post of vice speaker.
On January 14, Edmond Marukyan, head of the Enlightened Armenia party, told reporters.He noted that representatives of his party are supporters of public debates. "The political majority will decide whom to cast their votes to. I noted in my speech that I did not hope for the votes of the Prosperous Armenia faction, as they have their own candidate, but I hope that the ruling bloc will give its votes to us," stressed Marukyan.He also noted that the post of vice-speaker is not related to who is the representative of the second largest political force in parliament. "Their statements that they will elect the vice-speaker of who is the representative of the second largest political force represented in parliament are not logical. If the second largest were representatives of the Republican Party, would they vote for them?" - concluded Marukyan.
Note that the first meeting of the newly elected National Assembly was held today. Two politically oriented forces of the Prosperous Armenia Party and the Enlightened Armenia Party nominated their candidates for the post of Vice Speaker of the Parliament. The head of the faction of the ruling "My Step" bloc Lilit Makunts stated that the representatives of the faction decided that they would give their vote to the representative of the "Prosperous Armenia" faction Vahe Enfiajyan. "We decided to choose a candidate from the force that the people gave the majority of votes. Our people decided that the Prosperous Armenia Party will become the second political force, so we will give it our vote," Makunts said.