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Armenia parliament opposition faction leader gives up seat in legislature

Artur Vanetsyan, leader of the opposition "With Honor" Faction of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia

21 June 2022 14:02 (UTC +04:00)

Artur Vanetsyan, leader of the opposition "With Honor" Faction of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia and chairman of the opposition Homeland Party, has renounced his parliamentary mandate, APA reports citing News.am.

On Tuesday, he issued a respective statement which reads as follows, in particular:

"Today, in the manner prescribed by law, I have submitted a petition to resign from my parliamentary mandate. In my opinion, this parliament has ceased to be an effective platform for achieving the goal.

The Board of the Homeland Party has made a decision to continue activities outside the parliament. By the decision of the party, the ‘With Honor’ bloc we formed with the [former ruling] RPA [party] de jure and de facto ceases to exist."