YEREVAN. – Armenian parliamentary opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party’s Supreme Body organized a banquet Thursday, to celebrate the New Year and 121st anniversary of ARF, and invited the representatives of all political forces, Hraparak daily writes. 

“Even though it was written in the press that no one from [the ruling coalition’s Prosperous Armenia Party] PAP had attended [the event], it became apparent that [PAP Chairman] Gagik Tsarukyan and [PAP member and Health Minister] Harutyun Kushkyan had come late and stayed fairly long. The representatives of virtually all [political] forces accepted the invitation. Opposition Armenian National Congress was represented by [People’s Party of Armenia Chairman] Stepan Demirchyan and [Armenian National Movement’s board chairman] Aram Manukyan. The only complaint was that [ARF Supreme Body member and MP] Armen Rustamyan delivered a very long speech and tired the guests,” Hraparak writes.