Wednesday, March 2 2022 18:33

ArmInfo.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, speaking in parliament, said that the heads of the parliamentary opposition are traitors and robbers.

The head of government made such statements after Hripsime  Stambulyan, a member of the Hayastan opposition faction, asked the  Cabinet of Ministers how they were going to mitigate the economic  risks associated with the Russian-Ukrainian aggravation, in  particular, with the supply of wheat from the Russian Federation.  "What steps are you going to take, since you surrendered about 75% of  the territories of Artsakh to the enemy, and left reserves of wheat  on the enemy's territory? Or, again, you will say that you are the  number one responsible, but not the number one guilty," noted the  parliamentarian.

"I would not have approached this rostrum if your question had not  once again contained the assertion that we left 75% of Artsakh to the  enemy. I officially demand that the opposition factions publicly  express their position - after all, for them, Kubatly is Kubatly or  Sanasar (the Armenian name of the settlement located in the security  zone, ed. note). At the same time, right now I will speak out on this  matter, if this is Sanasar, and not Kubatly, then why are your  leaders (Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan, ed. note) have been  negotiating the surrender of these territories to Azerbaijan for 20  years. And they did it publicly. In the Madrid principles adopted by  you, in paragraph one, it was written about the return of seven  regions to Azerbaijan. Now tell me, traitors, why did you make these  territories, the Motherland a subject of bargaining? To engage in  wheat business? Well, make an official statement," Pashinyan said.  According to him, if the opposition factions officially recognize  Kubatly/Sanasar as Armenian land, then their leaders should be  prosecuted for treason. He also urged to stop shedding "crocodile  tears", stating that his opponents are robbers.

Stambulyan, in response, urged the head of the executive body not to  raise his tone when talking with a representative of the legislature,  once again recalling her question about the supply of wheat. Then  head of the Hayastan faction Seyran Ohanyan intervened in the  controversyPashinyan left the rostrum of the parliament with the  words "Know your limits!"

After these statements acting NA Speaker Hakob Arshakyan deprived  several opposition MPs of the right to vote, mutual accusations  began. This is how the next governmental hour in the National  Assembly ended.