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REPUBLICAN MP CALLS RAFFI HOVANNISIAN 'POLITICAL CLOWN' IN ALTERCATION WITH HERITAGE PARTY MP
epress.am
02.13.2012
An altercation took place at a press conference today between
Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) MP Karen Avagyan and Heritage
Party MP Stepan (Styopa) Safaryan after the former said Heritage
Party leader Raffi Hovannisian (pictured) is like a "political clown."
According to Avagyan, by shaving his signature moustache and launching
a hunger strike (for two weeks last March), Hovannisian "created
a circus."
This statement was followed by Safaryan's request to the Republican
MP to be appropriate and not provoke him (Safaryan) to direct insults
to Armenian President and HHK party leader Serzh Sargsyan.
"The circus is when [HHK MP] Hermineh Naghdalyan is asked why she
is voting for someone else [in parliament], and she surprised says,
[who] me? When [no-party-affiliate MP] Ara Babloyan cynically responds
to the same question, saying ask me about the medical field. That's
clownery," Safaryan added.
The opposition MP also said he was concerned and it pained him when
because of such behavior by ruling parties people are disappointed
with politics in general, including with opposition parties.
During the altercation, Avagyan said he wished the Heritage Party
"political virility".
"What, should we destroy and annihilate like you so that we may appear
manly - is that virility?" Safaryan retorted.
epress.am
02.13.2012
An altercation took place at a press conference today between
Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) MP Karen Avagyan and Heritage
Party MP Stepan (Styopa) Safaryan after the former said Heritage
Party leader Raffi Hovannisian (pictured) is like a "political clown."
According to Avagyan, by shaving his signature moustache and launching
a hunger strike (for two weeks last March), Hovannisian "created
a circus."
This statement was followed by Safaryan's request to the Republican
MP to be appropriate and not provoke him (Safaryan) to direct insults
to Armenian President and HHK party leader Serzh Sargsyan.
"The circus is when [HHK MP] Hermineh Naghdalyan is asked why she
is voting for someone else [in parliament], and she surprised says,
[who] me? When [no-party-affiliate MP] Ara Babloyan cynically responds
to the same question, saying ask me about the medical field. That's
clownery," Safaryan added.
The opposition MP also said he was concerned and it pained him when
because of such behavior by ruling parties people are disappointed
with politics in general, including with opposition parties.
During the altercation, Avagyan said he wished the Heritage Party
"political virility".
"What, should we destroy and annihilate like you so that we may appear
manly - is that virility?" Safaryan retorted.