YEREVAN. – Referring to the data provided by Parliamentmonitoring.am, Zhamanak daily presents the list of Armenia’s MPs that were most absent from the National Assembly (NA).   

“Accordingly, the list is headed by Prosperous Armenia Party [PAP] leader Gagik Tsarukyan: 41 absences. The next places are Stepan Demirchyan ([opposition bloc Armenian National Congress] ANC) - 34 absences, Murad Galoyan (PAP) - 33, Gurgen Arsenyan (PAP) - 31, Karo Karapetyan (PAP) - 27, Abraham Manukyan (PAP) - 27, Melik Manukyan (PAP) - 22, Rustam Gasparyan (PAP) - 19, Vrezh Markosyan ([ruling Republican Party] RPA) - 19, [and] Arman Babayan ([opposition] ARF [Dashnaktsutyun Party]) - 18.

Note also that none of these MPs has [ever] addressed the NA,” Zhamanak writes.