Opposition MP: Authorities demonstrated a show
Parliament speaker's reaction to the report of Control Chamber President Ishkhan Zakaryan presented at yesterday's parliament session was "confession without repentance," says Armen Rustamyan, head of the parliamentary faction of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation -Dashnaktsutyun.
"But are they going to repent for their crime," he said adding that confession without repentance is a cynical act.
"Their self-criticism attempts are not something new, and they completely fit the logic behind their policies. The Republicans want to monopolize the entire political domain," he stressed.
"Once the authorities started self-criticism, it means something is wrong with them," says the head of the opposition Heritage parliamentary group, Ruben Hakobyan.
He does not exclude that some intrigues have been plotted in the ranks of the ruling party.
Head of the Republican faction Galust Sahakyan says parliament speaker's reaction was quite understandable given the inactivity of the opposition. "All these drawbacks and kickbacks were to be presented by the opposition and not by us," he said.
Aram Manukyan, a member of the opposition Armenian National Congress, says it is not right to put the entire blame on the government led by Tigran Sargsyan. "Let us not forget the sins committed by Serzh Sargsyan."
The opposition lawmaker believes that all abuses were actually agreed with Serzh Sargsyan and the findings presented by the Control Chamber were nothing but a show.
in his report presented at the National Assembly on Thursday, Control Chamber President Ishkhan Zakaryan said widespread abuses still exist in the sectors of state purchases and construction. After Zakaryan finished his speech, Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan expressed his astonishment at the findings and said that all those responsible must be sacked.
