At a special meeting on Thursday the Armenian parliament approved a five-year program of the government by a vote of 75 to 47, with one abstention. The “for” votes came from lawmakers representing the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and its junior coalition partner, Orinats Yerkir. All the other factions, including ARF Dashnaktsutyun, Heritage, the Armenian National Congress (ANC) as well as the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) which refused to form a coalition with the RPA following the May 6 parliamentary elections.
