Aravot.am reports the following:
“During the current discussions on the rewards for deputies, the latter immediately start justifying themselves by saying that they haven’t received rewards for four months and have been transmitting their rewards to the fund for the fight against the coronavirus. Speaker of the National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan had posted on his Facebook page and received Likes for his post, stating that “at my initiative and upon the consent of the deputies of the National Assembly, the monthly rewards of deputies of the National Assembly for the month of March will be transferred to the treasury account opened for support to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic”. However, we were surprised when we learned about Ararat Mirzoyan’s executive orders to reward deputies. On March 3, 2020, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia had already rewarded himself, the Deputy Speakers and all 132 deputies in the amount of 30% of the salaries under an executive order of March 3 before transferring the amounts to the fund for the fight against the coronavirus.”