An Armenian opposition alliance is seeking an amendment in the parliament regulations to make the country’s prime minister and foreign minister specifically accountable to lawmakers on international negotiations that they conduct.
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Constitutional Court Refuses To Reinstate Opposition Lawmaker
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Armenia - Naira Zohrabian, a senior member of the Prosperous Armenia Party, holds a press conference, December 28, 2020
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The Constitutional Court has refused to declare unconstitutional the recent dismissal of the chairwoman of an Armenian parliament committee representing the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK).
The outspoken lawmaker, Naira Zohrabian, was replaced as head of the committee on human rights in late December for what the parliament’s pro-government majority described as offensive comments posted by her on Facebook.
In an apparent attack on hardcore supporters of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, Zohrabian lambasted the “scum” which she said has taken over Armenia and is responsible for its recent misfortunes. She said it must be disenfranchised and even forcibly “educated” for the good of the country.
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Opposition leaders denounced on Monday Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s reported plans to appoint a senior but politically inexperienced lawmaker as Armenia’s new ambassador to the United States.
Lilit Makunts, who leads the ruling My Step bloc’s group in the Armenian parliament, did not deny media reports about her impending appointment when she spoke to RFE/RL’s Armenian Service on Sunday.
“There is such an issue on the agenda but it is still under discussion,” she said.
Makunts, 37, taught English at Russian-Armenian University in Yerevan and did not engage in political activities before being appointed as Armenia’s culture minister in the wake of the “Velvet Revolution” of April-May 2018 that brought Pashinian to power. She held that post until being elected to the parliament on My Step’s ticket in December 2018.