“He virtually has not ‘visited’ the parliament during the fall session, and [he attended] the spring session three or four times, and on those days when ‘bulk’ voting was to take place, so that the matter of absences and mandate revoking would be considered resolved to some extent.
‘And has he submitted a sick leave for the ‘rest’ [of the absences]?’ we asked our NA source.
‘Tsarukyan is a healthy, vigorous man; he has never submitted a sick leave.’
And what did he submit? ‘Well, he often went on a business trip, [but] he informed the NA leadership about this in writing,’” Hraparak writes.