ArmInfo. Arakel Movsisyan, a member of the Council of the ruling Republican Party in Armenia, formerly a member of the National Assembly of Armenia, better known under the nickname Shmays, threatened to physically punish member of the Yelk opposition faction Alen Simonyan, member of the Council of Elders of Yerevan. This was announced on February 16 by the head of the parliamentary opposition faction "Yelk" Nikol Pashinyan from the rostrum of the parliament.
According to him, this is not the first time when representatives of the ruling party are trying to settle scores with the opposition with the use of force. It shows the intentions of the RPA to lead the opposition to a street fight. "In any case, the faction accepts the challenge," said Nikol Pashinyan, recalling that in an interview, referring to the recent incident in the Council of Elders of Yerevan, Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Edward Sharmazanov stated that the council of elders is not stale. "Let me disagree, as recent events in the Yerevan mayor's office testify that the elders' council is obviously stalled, and it's amazing that all the people in it are in the Republican Party." The fact that a member of the RPA Council called a citizen, and not appearing to call his clique, makes us think that there is a similar stall in the central office of the Republican Party of Armenia, Melik-Adamyan, 2, "Pashinyan said.