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THE PARLIAMENTARY WEEK IS THE MONOLOGUE OF THE NA SPEAKER?

06:07 pm 24 March, 2006

It turns out that not only the head of the Public TV Radio Company
Council Alexan Haroutyunyan, but also the coalition colleagues of the
Orinats Yerkir party are displeased with the program «Parliamentary
Week». «The society can see that the program is one-sided: it has
turned into a monologue», the head of the Republican Party fraction
Galoust Sahakyan said during the NA briefings, answering the questions
of the journalists.

He brought an example, «In particular, during the hearings about
energy security the speeches of neither the Minister nor the deputies
were shown: it was a monologue». He referred tot eh speech of the NA
Speaker. «And the people have the impression that some people are
interested in the closure of the nuclear power station».

The secretary of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Hrayr
Karapetyan too expressed his negative attitude towards the
«Parliamentary Week». He noted that although they discuss the content
of the program every Friday, «it has improved but a little. »

«We are active in the Parliament, and they show us during the
activity», the head of the Orinats Yerkir fraction Samvel Balasanyan
tried to explain away. He and Mher Shahgeldyan noted that the program
refers to the activity of the Committees, and gives the deputies and
fraction the right to express their points of view.

Secretary of the Justice bloc fraction Viktor Dallakyan announced that
these discussions are an attempt to deprive the opposition of the
right of voice. `This is the continuation of the closure of `A1+’,
deputy of Justice bloc Grigor Haroutyunyan said.

But the other members of the opposition underlined that the
conversations about the program simply confirm the problems within the
coalition.