ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, speaking in parliament, said that the heads of the parliamentary opposition are traitors and robbers.
The head of government made such statements after Hripsime Stambulyan, a member of the Hayastan opposition faction, asked the Cabinet of Ministers how they were going to mitigate the economic risks associated with the Russian-Ukrainian aggravation, in particular, with the supply of wheat from the Russian Federation. “What steps are you going to take, since you surrendered about 75% of the territories of Artsakh to the enemy, and left reserves of wheat on the enemy’s territory? Or, again, you will say that you are the number one responsible, but not the number one guilty,” noted the parliamentarian.
“I would not have approached this rostrum if your question had not once again contained the assertion that we left 75% of Artsakh to the enemy. I officially demand that the opposition factions publicly express their position – after all, for them, Kubatly is Kubatly or Sanasar (the Armenian name of the settlement located in the security zone, ed. note). At the same time, right now I will speak out on this matter, if this is Sanasar, and not Kubatly, then why are your leaders (Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan, ed. note) have been negotiating the surrender of these territories to Azerbaijan for 20 years. And they did it publicly. In the Madrid principles adopted by you, in paragraph one, it was written about the return of seven regions to Azerbaijan. Now tell me, traitors, why did you make these territories, the Motherland a subject of bargaining? To engage in wheat business? Well, make an official statement,” Pashinyan said. According to him, if the opposition factions officially recognize Kubatly/Sanasar as Armenian land, then their leaders should be prosecuted for treason. He also urged to stop shedding “crocodile tears”, stating that his opponents are robbers.
Stambulyan, in response, urged the head of the executive body not to raise his tone when talking with a representative of the legislature, once again recalling her question about the supply of wheat. Then head of the Hayastan faction Seyran Ohanyan intervened in the controversyPashinyan left the rostrum of the parliament with the words “Know your limits!”
After these statements acting NA Speaker Hakob Arshakyan deprived several opposition MPs of the right to vote, mutual accusations began. This is how the next governmental hour in the National Assembly ended.
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