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Zaruhi Postanjyan, the opposition MP with the Heritage faction and
member of the Armenian delegation to the Council of Europe's
Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), arrived in Yerevan from Strasbourg on
Saturday to a hero's reception staged by scores of her political
allies, supporters, friends and family.
Postanjyan has been at the center of a political scandal since
Wednesday when during the plenary session at the PACE she posed a
question to President Serzh Sargsyan, accusing him of being a chronic
gambler and alleging that he had gambled away 70 million euros (about
$95 million) in a European casino recently.
In his reply at the PACE Sargsyan categorically denied the allegation,
describing it as `another product of her [Postanjyan's] imagination'.
His political allies at home branded Postanjyan's act as
`unpatriotic', accusing her of `insulting the whole nation' by her
controversial question. Some of the hardliners even threatened to meet
Postanjyan with protests and throw `eggs and tomatoes' at her when she
arrives at the Yerevan airport.
Through a spokesman on Friday President Sargsyan, however, urged his
young loyalists not to stage any protest against Postanjyan.
People who gathered at Zvartnots Airport's arrivals hall held flowers,
balloons and Armenian tricolors as they came to greet Postanjyan.
In her remarks the opposition lawmaker said she only did what every
Armenian should do in his or her place to make sure that people who
have emigrated from the country come back.
Postanjyan still faces expulsion from the Armenian delegation to the
PACE over her controversial question at the PACE that Parliament
Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan on Thursday described as `slanderous'.
The Heritage party, meanwhile, issued a statement denouncing the
`political persecution' against Postanjyan, who has herself indicted
that she is going to put up a legal fight if Speaker Abrahamyan
decides to act upon his threat.
challenging Prez Sargsyan in Strasbourg
http://armenianow.com/news/48980/armenia_zaruhi_postanjyan_airport_welcome
NEWS | 06.10.13 | 10:38
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Zaruhi Postanjyan, the opposition MP with the Heritage faction and
member of the Armenian delegation to the Council of Europe's
Parliamentary Assembly (PACE), arrived in Yerevan from Strasbourg on
Saturday to a hero's reception staged by scores of her political
allies, supporters, friends and family.
Postanjyan has been at the center of a political scandal since
Wednesday when during the plenary session at the PACE she posed a
question to President Serzh Sargsyan, accusing him of being a chronic
gambler and alleging that he had gambled away 70 million euros (about
$95 million) in a European casino recently.
In his reply at the PACE Sargsyan categorically denied the allegation,
describing it as `another product of her [Postanjyan's] imagination'.
His political allies at home branded Postanjyan's act as
`unpatriotic', accusing her of `insulting the whole nation' by her
controversial question. Some of the hardliners even threatened to meet
Postanjyan with protests and throw `eggs and tomatoes' at her when she
arrives at the Yerevan airport.
Through a spokesman on Friday President Sargsyan, however, urged his
young loyalists not to stage any protest against Postanjyan.
People who gathered at Zvartnots Airport's arrivals hall held flowers,
balloons and Armenian tricolors as they came to greet Postanjyan.
In her remarks the opposition lawmaker said she only did what every
Armenian should do in his or her place to make sure that people who
have emigrated from the country come back.
Postanjyan still faces expulsion from the Armenian delegation to the
PACE over her controversial question at the PACE that Parliament
Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan on Thursday described as `slanderous'.
The Heritage party, meanwhile, issued a statement denouncing the
`political persecution' against Postanjyan, who has herself indicted
that she is going to put up a legal fight if Speaker Abrahamyan
decides to act upon his threat.