Tsarukyan alliance did not follow Pashinyan's advice (video)
At the special session of the National Assembly, just before the vote on the state budget performance, head of the Yelk faction Nikol Pashinyan said the parliamentary faction was going to vote against the draft. “It would be much better if the opposition did not participate in the voting. As a result, the draft will not be put for a vote. The number of lawmakers from the Republican Party of Armenia and Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun will not be enough to confirm the draft,” he said. Pashinyan had come up to his colleagues from the Tsarukayn alliance and negotiated with them before that. Secretary of Tsarukayn alliance, Vahe Enfiajyan, said their faction had discussed the issue. “We think the previous government has already implemented its functions, therefore we are going to vote against the bill.” The alliance did so thereby helping the adoption of the draft state budget performance. The bill received 53 votes in favour, 22 against. “We were right in our calculations. Had the opposition not participate in the process, the legislature would not have passed the bill," Nikol Pashinyan said after the voting.
