The New Parliament Does Not Differ From Its Predecessor: Disgraceful Manifestations Continue

'Zhoghavorud' newspaper writes: 'The new parliament has only started working for three days, but it has already managed to repeat the disgraceful manifestations of its predecessors. Yesterday, a dispute between deputies from two factions threatened to escalate into a physical confrontation if others did not try to calm things down. The argument was between the opposition factions GJK and LHK.

Even before the parliament was fully formed, relations between these two parties had already soured, and from the very first session of the National Assembly, they began to clash with each other. Yesterday, when LHK deputy A. Babajanyan sharply criticized the diplomatic policies of the previous authorities, he also made accusations against former Armenian ambassador to Ukraine Andranik Manukyan. The GJK members hurried to respond harshly; after all, Manukyan is the relative of GJK president Tsarukyan, and his son, Davit, is also a deputy from the GJK faction. Several deputies from these factions started shouting at each other and throwing punches, but everything calmed down quickly.

Later, from the ruling 'My Step' alliance, deputy Hayk Konjoryan managed to 'shine' during his speech by describing the Islamic Republic of Iran, Armenia's immediate neighbor, as a 'state of authoritarian nature.' Shortly after, Konjoryan had to announce that he made a slip of the tongue, and those words do not reflect the views of his faction.

It should be noted that the previous parliament’s Republican Party deputy Mihran Hakobyan had also accused the Iranian authorities from the podium, saying they were 'pulling strings for the Armenian authorities,' and several other statements were made in this tone. Agree, all of this is indeed sad, very sad. Moreover, deputies complain that the majority of the new parliament lacks experience.

For more details, refer to today's issue of 'Zhoghavorud' newspaper.