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NAIRA ZOHRABYAN SUGGESTS THAT SHARMAZANOV NOT BE ENGAGED IN MANIPULATION OF WORDS
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/10/11/119064/
October 11, 2012 15:03
Today www.aravot.am inquired of Naira Zohrabyan, the secretary of
the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) parliamentary group, whether the
reason for their boycott of the National Assembly 4-day session was
the attorney's application regarding Vartan Oskanian or it was also
because of the vote on the budget implementation, because there was an
opinion that the PAP was facing a dilemma - it couldn't vote against,
since it would turn out that it had voted also against the work of
its ministers, it couldn't vote in favor either, because it would
have jeopardized its opposition attitude.
In this regard Naira Zohrabyan ensured, "Our boycott had nothing to do
with the vote on the budget implementation. We naturally would have
been against the budget implementation. I think our position had to
be clear for everyone from the beginning. Yes, our political boycott
was related to the political farce, which was staged in the National
Assembly, i.e. the attorney's application that had no legal grounds.
But the PAP will participate in the work of the 4-day session from
October 22 on, because the National Assembly floor is a very important
floor for us."
Let us remind that Mikayel Melkumyan, a PAP MP, also stated that if
the PAP had participated in the vote on the budget implementation, they
would have voted against. However, answering him, Eduard Sharmazanov,
the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and the press secretary of
the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), stated convincingly during his
latest press conference that it couldn't be the official opinion of
the PAP, "Firstly, I am far from thinking that this is the official
opinion of the PAP. I want to ask - my dear colleagues, you had 4
ministers in 2011. Your ministers were not against any decision at
any Cabinet meeting. Who prevented you from giving up the ministerial
portfolios at the time? And if it is an admission that your ministers
worked badly, it is a different matter."
When www.aravot.am inquired why he was convinced that the opinion of
being against the budget implementation was merely the MP's opinion
and it was hardly the official opinion of the PAP, Eduard Sharmazanov
replied, "Because a question arises why the people have cast so many
votes for your inefficient work, since you say that it was inefficient
work and you had four ministers."
In Naira Zohrabyan's words, "I suggest that different colleagues of
ours not be engaged in manipulation of words. It is the official
opinion of the PAP - we would have necessarily voted against the
budget implementation. And we have talked about the activities and
responsibility of our ministers and I don't deem necessary to raise
this issue again and again and talk about it all the time."
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
From: Baghdasarian
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/10/11/119064/
October 11, 2012 15:03
Today www.aravot.am inquired of Naira Zohrabyan, the secretary of
the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) parliamentary group, whether the
reason for their boycott of the National Assembly 4-day session was
the attorney's application regarding Vartan Oskanian or it was also
because of the vote on the budget implementation, because there was an
opinion that the PAP was facing a dilemma - it couldn't vote against,
since it would turn out that it had voted also against the work of
its ministers, it couldn't vote in favor either, because it would
have jeopardized its opposition attitude.
In this regard Naira Zohrabyan ensured, "Our boycott had nothing to do
with the vote on the budget implementation. We naturally would have
been against the budget implementation. I think our position had to
be clear for everyone from the beginning. Yes, our political boycott
was related to the political farce, which was staged in the National
Assembly, i.e. the attorney's application that had no legal grounds.
But the PAP will participate in the work of the 4-day session from
October 22 on, because the National Assembly floor is a very important
floor for us."
Let us remind that Mikayel Melkumyan, a PAP MP, also stated that if
the PAP had participated in the vote on the budget implementation, they
would have voted against. However, answering him, Eduard Sharmazanov,
the Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and the press secretary of
the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), stated convincingly during his
latest press conference that it couldn't be the official opinion of
the PAP, "Firstly, I am far from thinking that this is the official
opinion of the PAP. I want to ask - my dear colleagues, you had 4
ministers in 2011. Your ministers were not against any decision at
any Cabinet meeting. Who prevented you from giving up the ministerial
portfolios at the time? And if it is an admission that your ministers
worked badly, it is a different matter."
When www.aravot.am inquired why he was convinced that the opinion of
being against the budget implementation was merely the MP's opinion
and it was hardly the official opinion of the PAP, Eduard Sharmazanov
replied, "Because a question arises why the people have cast so many
votes for your inefficient work, since you say that it was inefficient
work and you had four ministers."
In Naira Zohrabyan's words, "I suggest that different colleagues of
ours not be engaged in manipulation of words. It is the official
opinion of the PAP - we would have necessarily voted against the
budget implementation. And we have talked about the activities and
responsibility of our ministers and I don't deem necessary to raise
this issue again and again and talk about it all the time."
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
From: Baghdasarian