The ruling party of Armenia, Civil Contract, is dissatisfied with the latest staff decisions of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as non-party members are appointed to key posts, Report informs, citing Hraparak.
The publication reminds that at first the State Duma member Ambartsum Matevosyan was removed from the post of Deputy Prime Minister, and was replaced by non-party memberTigran Khachatryan, who worked in the government under the former authorities. Meanwhile, the current head of the Prime Minister's Office, ex-Minister of Education and Science Arayik Harutyunyan, as well as the head of the State Control Service Romanos Petrosyan, claimed the post of the Deputy Prime Minister.
The non-party member Vahe Hovhannisyan, in turn, became the Minister of Finance, and the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports is now headed by Zhanna Andreasyan, who is also not a member of the ruling party.
In this regard, as the newspaper notes, the ruling party believes that Pashinyan is disappointed in his associates.