I Apologize to Arpine Hovhannisyan: Sasun Mikayelyan

My Step faction MP Sasun Mikayelyan, during a conversation with journalists, stated regarding this issue: "If Andranik Kocharyan said such a thing, I apologize on his behalf to Arpine Hovhannisyan," said Sasun Mikayelyan.

It should be noted that several members of the My Step faction have also commented on this discussion. The head of the faction, Lilit Makunts, said that political discourse conducted in the personal sphere is unacceptable for her.

It is worth noting that My Step faction MP Andranik Kocharyan stated in an interview yesterday that Arpine Hovhannisyan, being a former Minister of Justice, instead of investing her capabilities or resources to bring back her teammates who fled from Armenia, is busy making "absurd" statements and that Arpine Hovhannisyan should speak with facts, and conditionally could give "the names of her mother and unknown father".

The discussions at today’s government session did not go smoothly either. "I do not agree that we should sit, make decisions through various consultations, and then the minister says, 'Well, we talked, let's go.' Principles must be applied precisely. For example, the Prime Minister makes a statement that we will solve such a problem in 2020, and then it turns out that this is not reflected in the budget draft. What a thing. This is not a creative self-organization group, is it?" the Prime Minister declared during the discussion of a project related to the healthcare sector.

As for why the Prime Minister urged government members to smile, let’s listen to that at this moment.