YEREVAN. – Tabling a motion of no confidence to the Armenian government cannot take place on April 28 because, two-three days later, the government shall present a report on last year’s state budget.

Ruling Republican Party (RPA) MP Gagik Minasyan, who is also Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs, told the aforementioned at a press conference on Monday.

As per Minasyan, the normal process assumes that a no-confidence motion against the executive branch of power should be tabled during the said budget discussions.

“I’m more than sure that our opposition and alternative political forces [at the NA] will make use of this very opportunity.

“They certainly will not raise this matter two days before the government’s presentation of a report on the budget,” the RPA MP noted.  

As reported earlier, the four non-ruling-coalition parliamentary forces—i.e., the Armenian National Congress, Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, and Heritage—have started collecting signatures to include the aforesaid motion—and as a special hearing—on the agenda of the four-day NA session which will get underway on 28 April.

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