YEREVAN. – Prosperous Armenia Party Chairman, and National Assembly (NA) Prosperous Armenia Faction leader, Gagik Tsarukyan is the most absent member of the Fifth Convocation NA.  

During the NA’s first sitting, Tsarukyan was absent from all 86 voting, Parliamentmonitoring.am reports. Second in the list is opposition bloc Armenian National Congress NA Faction member, People’s Party of Armenia Chairman, Stepan Demirchyan, with 79 absences. To note, Demirchyan has health issues and he underwent several surgeries. Third is Prosperous Armenia Faction member Karo Karapetyan, with 66 absences.

The NA Prosperous Armenia Faction is the “absolute leader,” with seven representatives, in the top-ten most absent members of parliament.