Three Coalition Members Vote Down ARF-D’s No Confidence Bid

THREE COALITION MEMBERS VOTE DOWN ARF-D’S NO CONFIDENCE BID

Tert.am
10.12.11

The local newspaper Zhoghovurd says it has learned from sources that
three lawmakers from the ruling coalition have abstained in the vote
of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun’s (ARF-D)
recent proposal on expressing no confidence to the cabinet.

The paper says it has found out that two members of the ruling
Republican Party faction in parliament, Vardan Avagyan and Gagik
Abrahamyan, and one representative of the Prosperous Armenia party
faction, Vachagan Khurshudyan, abstained from voting.

The bill was rejected with 13 votes in factor, 48 against and four
abstention, the paper says, adding that an independent lawmaker,
Lyova Khachatryan, was the fourth abstaining MP.