71.   The Committee voted to entrust the office to Cimoszewicz, a deputy parliamentary speaker and a prominent leader of the Alliance.

72.   The charges were filed a day after Armenians buried Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian, parliamentary speaker Karen Demirchian and other officials and legislators killed in the shooting.

73.   The delegation also met with Prime Minister Armen Darbinyan and parliamentary speaker Khosrov Arutyunyan.

74.   The leader of Amal is the parliamentary speaker, Nabih Berri.

75.   The parliamentary speaker read prayers and condolence messages for several deceased former lawmakers before lawmakers moved to adjourn until Tuesday.

76.   The parliamentary speaker must first allow a resignation to be debated.

77.   The parliamentary speaker repeatedly appealed for restraint, reminding members that the session was being broadcast live on national television.

78.   The parliamentary speaker will be questioned along with the two other defendants in the three-month-old trial.

79.   Their representatives met the parliamentary speaker, who voiced support for their cause but urged them not to disrupt schools to press their demands.

80.   Trying to find a silver lining in the decision, New Democracy parliamentary speaker Prokopis Pavlopoulos said it could be applied to Turkey.