Heritage Leader Vacates His Seat

HERITAGE LEADER VACATES HIS SEAT

ArmInfo
2009-09-08 18:12:00

ArmInfo. Leader of Heritage oppositional party Raffi Hovannisian
has vacated his seat. MP of Heritage party faction Stepan Safaryan
confirmed this information to ArmInfo.

‘The decision was sounded by Hovannisian yesterday and it has
been already submitted in written to the Parliament speaker Hovik
Abrahamyan. The decision was made for the personal and principal
reasons in the state interests. R. Hovannisian will tell about his
further plans and the reasons of vacation of his seat in more details
in the near future at a press-conference’, S. Safarayan said.

An unconfirmed information appeared yesterday, according to which R.

Hovannisian vacated his seat. Before that, he resigned the office of
the party chairman and head of the parliamentary faction.