YEREVAN. – The situation is very normal in Armenia’s new National Assembly (NA) and the political component finally grew, ruling Republican Party MP Mkrtich Minasyan said during a press conference on Wednesday.   

In his words, no one in the Parliament—and especially the ruling power’s representatives—can allow themselves the luxury of being absent from the NA, since the parliamentary opposition has increased and this also means there is a matter of obtaining quorum.    

Minasyan also noted that he considers it normal that the NA opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) is still holding rallies.   

In his turn, ANC member and Democratic Motherland Party Chairman Petros Makeyan stated that if the ANC no longer conducts its activities on the street, its activities in the NA will be meaningless.   

Also, he maintained that the current state of affairs in Armenia is something like one step forward, two steps back.