ArmInfo. “I condemn any violence, in any manifestation, including moral-psychological one,” Armenia’s PM Nikol Pashinyan stated from the RA NA rostrum on May 8, commenting on the conflict between head of the “Bright Armenia” faction Edmon Marukyan and member of the “My Step” faction Sasun Mikayelyan.
Pashinyan said:
The head of the Cabinet noted that women MPs from the ruling bloc on social networks are being threatened with reprisal, as well as threats to kill their children also sounds. “The goal of everything that is happening is clear – to undermine the trust that has developed between the country’s authorities and the people,” Pashinyan emphasized.
Pashinyan noted that, however, in everything that happens, he condemns himself and the ruling parliamentary bloc. . Indeed, if a number of people confiscate their property, how will they pay for services to their accomplices>, the head of the Cabinet asked.
The prime minister also said that hatred and violence are unacceptable in the new Armenia. “We will live in a new Armenia, in which there is no place for violence,” he noted.
It should be noted that the work of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia was interrupted today due to the conflict that arose between head of the “Bright Armenia” faction Edmon Marukyan and MP from the My Step faction Sasun Mikayelyan. Other members of parliament were involved in the assault. Clarification of relations with the participation of parliamentarians continued during the announced break, after which the conflicting parties finally dispersed.
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