The Prosecutor General`s Office of Armenia announced the initiation of criminal proceedings in connection with the brawl in parliament.

ArmInfo. A criminal investigation has been initiated into the brawl between members of the Armenian parliament in the National Assembly building of Armenia on October 29, 2026. The press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia informed ArmInfo of this.

The office reported that the investigation was initiated under paragraph 1 of part 2 of Article 297 (hooliganism committed by a group of persons) and part 3 of Article 452 of the Criminal Code of Armenia (use of violence against an official or a close relative with the aim of interfering with their lawful official or political activities). The office did not provide any further details.

It should be noted that on October 29, following offensive remarks by Taron Chakhoyan, a member of the ruling Civil Contract faction, against the family of the head of the Strong Armenia faction, a court hearing was held in the Armenian parliament. A verbal altercation broke out near Narek Karapetyan, which first escalated into a brawl between members of parliament, and then into a fight. As the situation escalated, Armenian Parliament Speaker Ruben Rubinyan did not call a recess, but merely called on the members of parliament to decide whether they would continue the brawl or return to their seats. However, tensions not only did not subside, but actually escalated. The Parliament Speaker was forced to call in state security officers to calm the members of parliament. The conflict continued in the parliament hallway. Law enforcement officers were forced to build a wall between members of parliament from the ruling party and the opposition to calm them down. As a result of the brawl, state property in the parliament hall was damaged.