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Armenia –
Members of the Armenian ruling Civil Contract party’s parliamentary faction are discussing the possible expulsion of opposition lawmakers, its secretary Artur Hovhannisyan said.
“The faction is discussing the matter. It’s backed by popular demand,” he told a briefing in the parliament on Thursday.
According to him, many people have laid out a demand to strip MPs from the opposition Hayastan and Pativ Unem blocs of their seats after their boycott of parliament sessions to take part in daily protests in Yerevan.
“The [Civil Contract] faction MPs have different opinions on the matter. There are discussions, but no decision has been made yet,” Hovhannisyan said.