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'YES, WE HAVE SOME DIRTY LINEN TO WASH': HERITAGE GROUP HEAD COMMENTS ON FELLOW-MEMBER'S CONDUCT AT PACE
16:47 03.10.13
Head of the Heritage parliamentary group Rubik Hakobyan believes
that it is up to each MP to decide on how he or she exercises his/her
powers or what questions he or she should raise.
However, he is waiting for Zaruhi Postanjyan to return to Armenia to
make an overall assessment. Mr Hakobyan noted that he would never raise
such a question [i.e. Mrs Postanjyan's question about 60 to 70 million
Euros that Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan allegedly "gambled away"
in a casino] at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
(PACE).
"Not because I would not wash our dirty linen in public, but because
Europe shows us it was making use of our shortcomings to press
our state. Yes, we have some dirty linen to wash, but it requires
mass consciousness," Mr Hakobyan told journalists. Mrs Postanjyan's
question chiefly lacked political connotations. However, the MP cannot
understand "the provincial pseudo-patriotic parade" in the local media.
With respect to Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan's decision to made
changes in the Armenian delegation to PACE, Mr Hakobyan said: "The
flowery part of Mr Abrahamyan's speech that the issue of excluding
Mrs Postanjyan from the Armenian delegation to PACE was discussed
with parliamentary groups may cause misunderstanding. He should at
least have informed the public of the MPs' opinions - at least of my
opinion as head of the Heritage parliamentary group. First of all,
I raised my objections to any statement. Secondly, it is up to the
parliamentary group to decide on which of their members should form
part of the Armenian delegation to PACE. On the other hand, under
Article 18 of the Rule of Procedure, Mr Abrahamyan has the authority
to approve all the delegations."
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/10/03/rubik-hakobyan-postanjyan/
16:47 03.10.13
Head of the Heritage parliamentary group Rubik Hakobyan believes
that it is up to each MP to decide on how he or she exercises his/her
powers or what questions he or she should raise.
However, he is waiting for Zaruhi Postanjyan to return to Armenia to
make an overall assessment. Mr Hakobyan noted that he would never raise
such a question [i.e. Mrs Postanjyan's question about 60 to 70 million
Euros that Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan allegedly "gambled away"
in a casino] at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
(PACE).
"Not because I would not wash our dirty linen in public, but because
Europe shows us it was making use of our shortcomings to press
our state. Yes, we have some dirty linen to wash, but it requires
mass consciousness," Mr Hakobyan told journalists. Mrs Postanjyan's
question chiefly lacked political connotations. However, the MP cannot
understand "the provincial pseudo-patriotic parade" in the local media.
With respect to Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan's decision to made
changes in the Armenian delegation to PACE, Mr Hakobyan said: "The
flowery part of Mr Abrahamyan's speech that the issue of excluding
Mrs Postanjyan from the Armenian delegation to PACE was discussed
with parliamentary groups may cause misunderstanding. He should at
least have informed the public of the MPs' opinions - at least of my
opinion as head of the Heritage parliamentary group. First of all,
I raised my objections to any statement. Secondly, it is up to the
parliamentary group to decide on which of their members should form
part of the Armenian delegation to PACE. On the other hand, under
Article 18 of the Rule of Procedure, Mr Abrahamyan has the authority
to approve all the delegations."
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/10/03/rubik-hakobyan-postanjyan/