Armenia: Opposition MPs resign, get sacked from key posts

PanARMENIAN.Net - Lawmaker Armen Gevorgyan from the opposition Armenia bloc has resigned as the chairman of the parliament's Committee on Regional and Eurasian Integration.

"Today's situation dictates clear rules of political, public and human ethics, which I cannot ignore, and which do not allow me to continue serving as the chairman of the Committee," Grigoryan said in a statement on his Telegram channel on Friday, July 1.

"Such decisions can also be the best opportunity to rethink and evaluate the acquired political experience and new knowledge, they can also become a stimulus for the formation of my personal future vision."

Also Friday, the ruling Civil Contract party sacked parliament Vice Speaker Ishkhan Saghatelyan and Chairman of the Committee on Economic Affairs Vahe Hakobyan – both of them from Armenia bloc.

Saghatelyan said in an interview with the Armenian Service of RFE/RL that the opposition will probably relinquish all the other posts they currently hold at the parliament.