"Strong Armenia" leaves National Assembly session hall, expressing  its disagreement with  Deputy Speaker`s decision to disqualify David  Ghazinyan from voting

ArmInfo.The opposition faction "Strong Armenia" left the National Assembly session hall, thereby expressing its disagreement with the decision of NA Deputy  Speaker Vahagn Aleksanyan to disqualify David Ghazinyan from participating in parliamentary sessions for the entire day.

Speaking to journalists, Ghazinyan emphasized the inadmissibility of  Aleksanyan commenting on every speech by opposition representatives.  "There is nothing of the sort in the NA rules of procedure; we  specifically warned about this, speaking about the inadmissibility of  comments, often provocative ones," Ghazinyan stated. 

In turn, faction secretary Tigran Abrahamyan also stated that by  leaving the meeting hall, they expressed their disagreement with the  decision made regarding David Ghazinyan. "Mr. Ghazinyan's remark was  appropriate, as the chair of the meeting should lead the meeting and  not interrupt every speech. We call for the parliament to return to  normal workflow," Tigran Abrahamyan added.

Note, Vahagn Aleksanyan announced the imposition of disciplinary  action against David Ghazinyan, depriving him of the right to vote at  one meeting.

Note,  immediately after the faction's exit, journalists captured on  camera a moment of confrontation between Strong Armenia MP Ruben  Mkhitaryan and Civil Contract representative Arman Yeghoyan, who was  offended by what he considered the ironic statement of the opposition  member.