Tension between "Civil Contract" and "Strong Armenia"
05-08-2026 18:16 Armenia Politics
azatutyun.am A certain tension arose between the ruling "Civil Contract" and the opposition "Strong Armenia" in the National Assembly:
Taron Chakhoyan from the CP announced from the podium that the leader of "Strong Armenia," Samvel Karapetyan, had referred to them as "blind gormamish" the day before, and then he himself addressed the opposition faction with the term "gormamish":
The leader of the "Strong Armenia" faction addressed the President of the National Assembly, Ruben Rubinyan, and essentially called Taron Chakhoyan a "calf":
Rubinyan demanded to refrain from insults:
Later, during a break in the session, the leader of the opposition faction approached the speaker of the parliament in the corridor and suggested to talk:
When the session resumed, Rubinyan invited Chakhoyan to speak from the podium. The CP deputy spoke briefly, stating that he had merely used the same word that the leader of "Strong Armenia" had used regarding them:
The President of the National Assembly announced that with this, the incident was considered closed, and called on the deputies to remain within the bounds of civility:
* This text was automatically translated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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