Dozens of MPs Brawl in Armenian Parliament During Corruption Debate
The clash left one opposition deputy with a bleeding nose and brought an ambulance to the parliament building, reports said.
- On Thursday, October 29, a brawl erupted in Armenia's National Assembly during a debate on a Chamber of Accounts appointment, forcing Speaker Ruben Rubinyan to call a recess after about 10 minutes and summon security.
- Civil Contract member Taron Chakhoyan sparked the confrontation while debating the candidacy of Karen Arustamyan for the Chamber of Accounts, invoking corruption allegations and referencing Manvel Grigoryan to attack opposition credibility.
- Footage captured Deputy Speaker Vahagn Aleksanyan throwing a chair at opposition lawmakers as security officers formed a human chain to separate factions during the escalating physical altercation.
- An ambulance arrived at the parliament building to treat a Deputy who suffered a bleeding nose, as the physical altercation prematurely ended the legislative session.
- The Standing Committee on Financial, Credit and Budgetary Issues reported proceedings were "interrupted during the exchange of ideas phase," signaling a breakdown in parliamentary decorum amid deep partisan divisions.
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Campal battle in the Armenian Parliament. A group of deputies of the Civil Contract party and another of the Armenian Strong opposition have staged a fight in the National Assembly this Thursday. The confrontation began during the intervention being made by the official deputy Taron Chakhoyan, who was in the rostrum, when he demanded the opponent Narek Karapetyan apologies for controversial statements by a family member during the June election …
The gresta was unleashed in the midst of a discussion between the ruling party and the opposition; the country's prime minister justified the violent actions of his deputies
THE CONFLICT broke out during the debate on the appointment of a member of the Audit Chamber, the body that oversees the spending of public money.
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