Opposition factions boycotted work of next sitting of parliament

ArmInfo.The "Hayastan" and "I Have the Honor opposition factions of the National Assembly of Armenia " announced a boycott of the work of the next session of the  parliament, since yesterday the ruling majority refused to appeal to  organize hearings on the situation at the border.

As head of the "Armenia" faction Seyran Ohanyan stated, the "Civil  Contract" faction did not meet the demands of the opposition to  clarify the situation on the borders of Armenia. "In protest, the  opposition decided to boycott the next session of the National  Assembly," Ohanyan said.

Hayk Mamijanyan, secretary of the "I Have the Honor" faction, in turn  stated that they would support the protest of the "Hayastan" faction.  According to him, instead of giving answers to the questions of  concern to everyone, the ruling faction has put on the agenda the  discussion of the law "On mercury". In this regard, as Mamijanyan  pointed out, they will return to the conference room when the topical  issues are properly discussed. "We will not participate in your  mercury party," he stressed.

It should be noted that the next plenary session has begun in the  National Assembly of Armenia today.  There are 33 issues on the  agenda of the meeting, including the draft state budget of the  Republic of Armenia for 2022.

Yesterday, on November 15, during a meeting of the parliamentary  council, the "Hayastan" and "I Have the Honor" opposition factions  proposed to hold an extraordinary meeting on November 15 at 8:00pm  and invite Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to clarify the situation at  the border. However, Speaker of the parliament Alen Simonyan refused  to convene an extraordinary session.