Z. Postanjian makes complaints to PACE against NA speaker

Member of Heritage faction of the Armenian parliament Zaruhi Postanjian applied to the procedure rules commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE). She said that the speaker of Armenia’s National Assembly wants to remove her from the Armenian delegation to the PACE because of the question she asked Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, according to Azatutyun.am.

According to Z. Postanjuan, she received explanations from that commission of the PACE. The commission said Hovik Abrahamian has no authority to make changes in the composition of the Armenian delegation because the delegation’s composition was already approved, and if the speaker makes an attempt to hinder her activities, the Council of Europe will react.

The opposition deputy expressed confidence that H. Abrahamian will not be able to exclude her from the Armenian delegation in the future as well because all the factions of the Armenian parliament shall be represented in the PACE. If any problems arise in January of next year when the composition and powers of the new delegation are approved, then the European institution will react.

The Council of Europe has not yet received any official document from the speaker of the Armenian parliament and it therefore cannot take any actions.

Meanwhile, another member of the Armenian delegation to the PACE, deputy of Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) faction Ms. Naira Zohrabian said that Postanjian’s question shocked PACE deputies. “None of the parliamentarians said that it was a good question. It was unacceptable to everyone, including those deputies who are famous for their anti-Armenian sentiments and who always gloated over unpleasant incidents concerning Armenia. Even to them, that statement was absolutely unacceptable. But if any actions are organized in the airport, I will consider this unacceptable, too,” she noted.

We would remind you that in response to the press reports that the youth wing of the Republican Party of Armenia plans to stage a protest against Heritage faction deputy Zaruhi Postanjian upon her return from Strasbourg and to pelt her with eggs and tomatoes, the spokesman for the Armenian president Arman Saghatelian said that the presidential office considers holding such actions as incorrect.

“We don’t accept the intentions of various sides to stage a protest against Z. Postanjian at the airport and consider them incorrect. We appeal to everyone to refrain from such initiatives,” Arman Saghatelian stated.