Hovik Aghazaryan, deputy of the CP faction of the National Assembly, left the office of the National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan a little while ago and said that he will not announce today whether he is resigning his parliamentary mandate or not.
Socialmedia.am:contacted Hovik Aghazaryan to understand the reason for such a delay, whether the meeting with Alen Simonyan influenced his decision or not.
- Mr. Aghazaryan, what is the reason that you changed your decision?
- Which decision did I change?
- You said that you would make a statement at 18:00, but you told the media that you regretted it.
- I don't know.
- Is it possible that you came to a different conclusion after the meeting with Alen Simonyan?
- No, no.
- Alen Simonyan did not influence your decision in any way? We want to understand what you discussed.
- Alen Simonyan is the president of the National Assembly and I can discuss various issues with him.
- And have you had any conversation about the request of the National Assembly to put down your mandate or Nikol Pashinyan?
- No. I'm not in the mood to answer such questions, sorry.
- Did you change your decision after the meeting with Alen Simonyan?
- I have not changed my decision, I said that I will make a statement and now I am making a statement that my decision is postponed.
- Didn't Alen Simonyan convince you to put the mandate?
- What did you convince?
- Put down the mandate.
- We did not talk about that topic with Alen Simonyan.
- And what did you talk about?
- We talked about the upcoming agendas of the National Assembly.
- Only with you, Mr. Aghazaryan?
- Yes, he respects my opinion a lot.
- Why did we wait for 2 days, Mr. Aghazaryan?
- I apologized for keeping you all waiting.
- How long should we wait for your next decision?
- Well, don't wait, who is forcing you?
- The public chose you, the people are waiting for you.
- The people elected me, I continue to fulfill my duties.
- In other words, you will not put down the mandate in any case?
- I haven't made a decision about it yet.
- And when will you make a decision?
- In the near future.
- Mr. Aghazaryan, you said that you came to know Jesus through Pashinyan, Pashinyan is a saint for you, do you reject his request?
The question remained unanswered.
