ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS
Itar Tass, Russia
April 3 2014
World
April 03, 21:17 UTC+4 YEREVAN
The resignation was announced at a meeting of the ruling Republican
Party leaders’ meeting in Yerevan
YEREVAN, April 03, /ITAR-TASS/. Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
resigned on Thursday, April 3. The resignation was announced at a
meeting of the ruling Republican Party leaders’ meeting in Yerevan.
He tendered resignation to President Serzh Sargsyan a month ago but
it was put away pending Armenia’s accession to the Customs Union of
Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia and the Republican Party’s economic
forum on this topic.
In his letter of resignation, Sargsyan wrote that “the decision is
timely and well considered”.
“This is a balanced decision that was not made on the spur of the
moment,” Eduard Sharmazanov, the party’s spokesperson and parliament
deputy speaker, said.
Under the Constitution, a new prime minister has to be appointed within
ten days after the government’s resignation. A new government has to be
appointed within 20 days after the appointment of the prime minister.
Sargsyan was reappointed as prime minister in May 2013.
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