NEWLY-ELECTED PARLIAMENT STARTED ITS ACTIVITIES
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[01:38 pm] 07 June, 2007
Early in the morning the newly-elected deputies were in the NA, except
for the "Orinats Yerkir Party" and the "Heritage" party. Sedrak
Saroyan and Artak Davtyan, who were sitting on the deputy chairs
for the first time, were even bewildered. The beginning of the NA
activities was heralded by the RA state hymn, afterwards the RA
President Robert Kocharyan spoke. He congratulated the deputies and
pointed that they had contributed to the country’s democratization and
promoted the maintenance of stability in the country. Mr. Kocharyan
mentioned that it was vital since "the legitimacy of the parliament is
irreproachable". He also pointed out that a very interesting format
was elected which would be basis for the parliamentary activities
for some years. He called the deputies to forming parliamentary
commissions and the government, confirming government projects and
starting to work. The All Armenian Catholicos Garegin II also greeted
and blessed the deputies.
The session was headed by the NA Deputy Rafik Petrosyan who read the
names of the deputies and then the swearing-in ceremony began.
Tigran Torosyan was nominated as the NA Chairman by the "Republican
Party of Armenia". In his speech Tigran Torosyan highly estimated
the parliamentary elections as corresponding to the international
standards and talked about the NA activities, underlining the necessity
of reforms in the social field.