National Assembly discusses separation of ministeries: OEK leaves NA hall (video)
The National Assembly convened a special session on February 19 to discuss the government’s decision to separate the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations into two ministries - Ministry of Emergency Situations and Ministry of Territorial Administration and Development. These were previously separate ministries. At the beginning of the silting, NA Vice-Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov said Armenian Parliament Speaker Galust Sahakyan is in good health condition and he is recovering. “We wish him a speedy recovery,” Sharmazanov said. He added that the special sitting will end at 3.30 pm. Mher Shajgeldyan, Secretary of the County of Law Party (OEK), said they could accept the practice of hasty changes as well as the forced separation or unification of ministries without political justification, hence they were boycotting the sitting. “We wish success to the cooperation between the Republican party of Armenia (HHK) and Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, Dashnaktsutyun),” he said. “We also wish you good luck. We also wish good luck to you, Mr Zurabyan and give you the right to ask a question,” Sharmazanov said. OEK faction left the NA hall. All five members of the ARF faction are participating in the special session.
