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    OPPOSITION LAWMAKER TO BE EXPELLED FROM ARMENIAN DELEGATION TO PACE OVER 'SLANDEROUS' STATEMENT

    http://armenianow.com/news/48923/armenia_zaruhi_postanjyan_pace_delegation_sargsyan
    NEWS | 03.10.13 | 13:12

    Opposition Heritage party lawmaker Zaruhi Postanjyan, who posed
    a question about gambling to President Serzh Sargsyan during the
    plenary session of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
    (PACE) in Strasbourg on Wednesday, will no longer be on the Armenian
    parliamentary delegation to this European structure, it emerged today.

    Armenian Parliament Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan invoked the Armenian
    Constitution provisions and PACE regulations that he said prohibit
    offensive and slanderous statements in announcing the decision to
    expel Postanjyan from the delegation.

    It follows Postanjyan's controversial question-and-answer exchange
    with President Sargsyan, who made a speech at the PACE the previous
    day. The Armenian lawmaker known for her flamboyance and sharp tongue
    described Sargsyan as an illegitimate president who did not represent
    the Armenian people before alleging that he, Sargsyan, had gambled
    away a sum of 70 million Euros at a European casino.

    In response, Sargsyan denied having ever gambled in a casino,
    describing Postanjyan's assertions as "another product of her
    imagination".

    "I have never been to any casino in Europe, I do not gamble in
    casinos. Unfortunately, I have no opportunity to be in possession
    of 70 million Euros. If I had such an opportunity, I would donate
    part of it to you to be happy with your life and not to have so much
    evilness in you," said Sargsyan.

    Speaker Abrahamyan said in parliament today: "Considering the behavior
    of National Assembly member Zaruhi Postanjyan at the PACE yesterday and
    basing on part 1 of Article 18 of the National Assembly regulations,
    I announce that I have conducted consultations with National Assembly
    factions and am going to make a change in the Armenian delegation to
    the PACE."

    Earlier, Deputy Speaker of Parliament Eduard Sharmazanov, who is
    also a spokesman for President Sargsyan's ruling Republican Party,
    described Postanjyan's behavior in Strasbourg as "disgusting".

    "I am sorry that we still have such members of parliament. It is
    disgusting when a political figure know no boundaries," he said.

    Postanjyan has already indicated that he is going to put up a legal
    fight against the speaker's decision.


    From: Baghdasarian
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