Government concedes to the Turks more easily
"The Armenian government concedes to the Turks more easily than it does to the people of Armenia and the National Assembly," announced today head of the ARF faction Vahan Hovhannisyan. The indignant replies from the Republican faction MPs didn't let Vahan Hovhannisyan continue his speech.
"This is my personal opinion. If some people don't like it, they can leave," said Vahan Hovhannisyan in a coarse tone. He explained the essence of his speech, asking whether an entire faction's boycott or the negotiations between the NA Chairman and the government were necessary to remove 24 draft laws from the "perverted and wrong" regime.
Before saying all that, Vahan Hovhannisyan had expressed satisfaction with the fact that the government had finally called back a large part of the draft laws.
NA Chairman Hovik Abrahamyan made the announcement in the beginning of today's session after receiving a letter from the RA Prime Minister saying that the draft law on making changes in and additions to the RA law "On Auditing", the draft law on making changes in and additions to the RA law "On Trade and Services", the RA code "On Lithosphere", the RA draft law "On the RA Justice Academy" and the draft law on making changes in and additions to the "RA Civil Code" were taken out of the agenda.
Head of the "Heritage" parliamentary faction Stepan Safaryan thanked Hovik Abrahamyan for the good news, however, he also mentioned that there are still problems with the agenda and that "Heritage" calls on the NA Chairman to demand that the government remove the laws on garbage disposal, pension reforms and language from the agenda as well.
The NA Chairman, as well as Republican faction MP Eduard Sharmazanov called on their colleagues to act correctly.
The National Assembly voted for the draft laws discussed yesterday.
By the way, all deputies of the "Heritage" faction started their speeches with an announcement condemning the authorities' decision to deprive "A1+" of airtime once again.
