The Iravunk newspaper of Armenia writes as follows, in particular: [PM Nikol] Pashinyan has given new instructions to CC [i.e. the ruling Civil Contract Party and its parliamentary faction] MPs. According to sources close [to the matter], he has instructed: "To respond to the criticism of the oppositionists ten to one, to show the people that the opposition comes to the NA [i.e. the National Assembly] purely to get a salary."

Our source told us about this. "Mix the old and the new [stories], and embarrass [them] as much as you can, do not spare anyone, (…)," according to the source, he told his [political] teammates.