ARF-D cabinet members resign as party pulls out of coalition government

Three cabinet members from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) laid down their ministerial portfolios on Thursday, a day after the party officially announced a plan to pull out of the coalition government.

According to an official statement by ARF-D press service, Davit Lokyan has handed in his resignation as the acting minister of agriculture. Levon Mkrtchyan and Artsvik Minasyan are stepping down as the acting ministers of education and science, and nature protection, respectively.

In its decision issued Wednesday evening, the party cited the internal political situation in Armenia as a serious reason to end the coalition partnership with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA).