YEREVAN, MARCH 28, ARTSAKHPRESS. The ruling Civil Contract party has officially nominated Deputy Prosecutor General Anahit Manasyan as its candidate for Human Rights Defender, the party’s parliamentary faction secretary Artur Hovhannisyan announced.
The two opposition factions have nominated Edgar Ghazaryan, a former Armenian Ambassador to Poland and former Chief of Staff of the Constitutional Court for the position.
The Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) is elected by parliament in a confirmation vote.
