Boycotting parliament=?UTF-8?B?4oCZ?=s meetings unacceptable – Armenia-based Heritage vice-chairman

Armen Martirosyan, Vice-Chairman of the Heritage party, commented on the boycott of the Armenian NA's special meeting by the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group.Boycott is a political step. However, made by the political majority, it is an absurd and unacceptable one."The parliamentary majority would have acted right if they had participated in the meeting and then, during the voting, either boycotted or voted against," Martirosyan told journalists on Friday.Aram Sargsyan, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Armenia, noted that, on some occasions, the party boycotted the parliament's meetings as it had no other way of expressing its disagreement. The latest boycott showed that Armenia's parliamentary majority is weak."Boycott by the majority is unacceptable indeed. The parties ruling in this way are actually losers," he said.Mr Martirosyan, in turn, said that Armenia's parliamentary majority is not even ready to listen, let alone resolve a ny problems. "If there is a problem requiring discussions, it should be discussed," Martirosyan said.   Read more... (165 words)

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