Epress.am News from Armenia
Defense Ministry press spokesperson Davit Karapetyan (pictured) was released from his position by Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan, the ministry’s press department informed Epress.am.
Karapetyan has been appointed as the advisor of National Security Council secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan, who is also the leader of Rule of Law (Orinats Yerkir) party, a junior member in the ruling coalition.
According to information received by Epress.am, the now former spokesperson will be one of the top 10 parliamentary candidates in the Rule of Law list under the proportional system.
The party’s political council has already discussed the matter of nominating its candidates under both the majoritarian (single-mandate constituencies) and proportional (party-list) system. A final decision will be made public following a meeting on Mar. 21.