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The Bright Armenia party that took the third place in the December 9 parliamentary elections will nominate Mane Tandilyan, a former social welfare minister, as their candidate for deputy speaker of the parliament, a spokesperson for the party, Ani Samsonyan said on Facebook.

Under the Armenian law, the National Assembly elects a speaker and three deputy speakers. The opposition is entitled to fill the position of one of three deputy speakers. They are elected and withdrawn by a majority vote of the total number of lawmakers.

Some media reports suggest that the My Step bloc that won a landslide victory in the elections plans to nominate Ararat Mirzoyan as parliament speaker, Lena Nazaryan and Alen Simonyan – as deputy parliament speakers.

The Prosperous Armenia Party elected to the parliament with over 8 percent of the vote reportedly plans to nominate Naira Zohrabyan for deputy parliament speaker.