ArmInfo.The Bright Armenia Party is in no way affiliated with the son- in-law of the third President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, the former RA Ambassador to the Vatican, Mikael Minasyan. On May 13, Edmon Marukyan, head of the Bright Armenia faction, said this during a briefing in parliament.
Marukyan stressed that from now on, not a single party representative will answer questions about their relationship with the previous authorities. "All these days we have been waiting for the accusations of power to be supported by facts. However, no facts were provided. And in general, for that matter, we can compare the number of people in the Prosperous Armenia and My Step factions who are somehow connected with the previous authorities. Where do you see more representatives of the former government? In the government, there are a number of senior officials who were in senior positions during the reign of the Republican Party", Marukyan emphasized. When asked when the faction intends to start participating in parliamentary meetings, the MP said: "We are not boycotting the meetings. We are just waiting for guarantees that no more violence will be used during parliamentary sessions. Although, even if such guarantees are not provided, we will return in any case. But still we hope that there will be guarantees. However, I do not know when exactly we will begin to take part in the meetings. We have not yet discussed this issue>, Marukyan noted.
It should be noted that on May 8, a fight broke out between the head of the Bright Armenia faction Edmon Marukyan and the lawmaker from the My Step faction Sasun Mikayelyan. After that, the head of the "My Step" faction Lilit Makunts and the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan spoke from the rostrum of the parliament. Both hinted that the Bright Armenia faction is associated with the previous authorities, in particular, in the son-in-law of the third President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, the former RA Ambassador to the Vatican, Mikael Minasyan.