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SERZH SARGSYAN TO MP: 'ARAKEL, NOW WHAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR IS THAT?'
epress.am
12.07.2011
After the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) executive and board
meetings, HHK leader and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan reprehended
HHK executive member Arakel Movsisyan for cursing and calling fellow
MP Armen Martirosyan an "animal" (or an "ass"), reports local daily
Joghovurd, citing its sources.
According to the paper, the reproof was quite brief: "Arakel, now what
kind of behavior is that?" Movsisyan then reportedly hung his head and
became silent, then added something akin to "I don't behave myself,
Mr. President." According to media reports, Sargsyan heard no more
as he moved on.
Earlier, Movsisyan, in discussion with Joghovurd, had said that he
couldn't recall the incident in parliament.
To the journalist's comment that the video of him saying this has been
uploaded online, the MP said, "Well, I got angry, what should I do?
It's not kindergarten after all."
Explaining what it was in the opposition MP's speech that made him
angry, Movsisyan said, "He thinks he's above the rest. He's waiting
for everyone to be quiet so he can speak. He's treats us all like
children. And that's why I got angry."
Recall, people were speaking while Martirosyan was presenting a bill
in Armenia's National Assembly on Wednesday. As a result, Martirosyan
stopped speaking and waited for the room to quiet down. Apparently, the
HHK MP wasn't too pleased about that as from his seat in the back row,
he shouted, "I haven't come to listen to a speech by an ass like you!"
"You're the ass! What kind of talk is that?" retorted Martirosyan
from the podium.
epress.am
12.07.2011
After the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) executive and board
meetings, HHK leader and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan reprehended
HHK executive member Arakel Movsisyan for cursing and calling fellow
MP Armen Martirosyan an "animal" (or an "ass"), reports local daily
Joghovurd, citing its sources.
According to the paper, the reproof was quite brief: "Arakel, now what
kind of behavior is that?" Movsisyan then reportedly hung his head and
became silent, then added something akin to "I don't behave myself,
Mr. President." According to media reports, Sargsyan heard no more
as he moved on.
Earlier, Movsisyan, in discussion with Joghovurd, had said that he
couldn't recall the incident in parliament.
To the journalist's comment that the video of him saying this has been
uploaded online, the MP said, "Well, I got angry, what should I do?
It's not kindergarten after all."
Explaining what it was in the opposition MP's speech that made him
angry, Movsisyan said, "He thinks he's above the rest. He's waiting
for everyone to be quiet so he can speak. He's treats us all like
children. And that's why I got angry."
Recall, people were speaking while Martirosyan was presenting a bill
in Armenia's National Assembly on Wednesday. As a result, Martirosyan
stopped speaking and waited for the room to quiet down. Apparently, the
HHK MP wasn't too pleased about that as from his seat in the back row,
he shouted, "I haven't come to listen to a speech by an ass like you!"
"You're the ass! What kind of talk is that?" retorted Martirosyan
from the podium.