Chairs of two Armenian commissions re-elected

The pro-government majority in the Armenian parliament on Thursday re-elected Garegin Baghramyan as chairman of the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC).

67 MPs, all from the ruling Civil Contract party, voted for him in a secret ballot, Counting Commission Chairman Narek Babayan announced.

Separately, Gegham Gevorgyan was unanimously re-elected as chairman of the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (SCPEC).

They had been nominated for the posts by the Armenian government.

The opposition factions boycotted the voting.