Atmosphere in the session hall escalates after exchanges of insults  between ruling party and opposition deputies 

ArmInfo. "I will not allow anyone from the Civil Contract faction to insult anyone, but I will not allow you to insult others either," National Assembly  Speaker Ruben Rubinyan told Strong Armenia faction leader Narek  Karapetyan in the parliament hallway.

Earlier during the NA session, Taron Chakhoyan, a member of  parliament from the ruling Civil Contract faction, used the word  "germamish" when addressing Samvel Karapetyan. Later, Narek  Karapetyan, Samvel Karapetyan's nephew, demanded that the parliament  speaker "tell the animal-deputies not to behave like animals, " which  led to an escalation of tension in the National Assembly chamber. In  response, Rubinyan noted that Strong Armenia party leader Samvel  Karapetyan had previously used the same expression toward  representatives of the Civil Contract party, and Chakhoyan merely  repeated it. "I wasn't in the hall at the time, but I specially  returned and urged them not to use language that would escalate the  situation," Rubinyan said.

Later, in the hallway, when Narek Karapetyan urged them to be  attentive, Ruben Rubinyan responded, "I know how to be attentive." In  response to journalists' questions, Narek Karapetyan said he had been  insulted for several minutes, and then lost control.