Armenian opposition boycotts presidential election

The opposition of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia—namely, the "Armenia" and the "With Honor" Factions—have boycotted the debates on the election of the new President of Armenia at Wednesday's session of the legislature, Report informs, citing News.am.

The opposition MPs left the parliament sessions' hall, thus expressing their attitude towards what is happening.

The ruling majority "Civil Contract" Faction has nominated Vahagn Khachaturyan—the serving Minister of High-Tech Industry and former mayor of the capital Yerevan—for this position. He is the only presidential candidate, as the parliamentary opposition has not nominated a candidate for this vacant position.

In his address before parliament, Khachaturyan thanked the ruling majority faction for trusting him.