The Armenian National Assembly on Saturday released data on MPs’ attendance at the 3rd session.
The figures show that the opposition Hayastan faction had the lowest attendance. Hayastan’s Ishkhan Saghatelyan had 198 unexcused absences, Anna Grigoryan – 158, Vahe Hakobyan – 194, Armen Gevorgyan – 150 and Seyran Ohanyan – 149.
Lawmakers from the other opposition faction, Pativ Unem, also had unexcused absences. In particular, Taron Margaryan had 150 absences, Hayk Mamijanyan – 151, Taguhi Tovmasyan – 88, Tigran Abrahamyan – 148, etc.
Ruling Civil Contract faction MPs Khachatur Sukiasyan and Gurgen Melkonyan had 38 and 54 unexcused absences, respectively.
Speaker Alen Simonyan had 3 unexcused absences.
The two opposition blocs were boycotting parliament sittings to attend street protests.