YEREVAN. – Armenian Parliament on Tuesday launched the discussion on the issue of forming the Parliament Committee on Ethics in the snap session by second reading.

The bill co-author Arpine Hovhannisyan said that it is reviewed and corresponds to the current political situation. In particular, she claimed that a point is set according to which a political party should declare of being an opposition or not. If such a statement is not made that political power receives one place in the Committee. Besides, the opposition has a right to veto and the decision may be passed even if one representative either opposition or authority votes for. 

Opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun MP Artsvik Minasyan said that they will quit the Committee if the bill adopted, as it can no longer work productively.

Another opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) MP and the incumbent Committee Chairman Nikol Pashinyan claimed he would quit his office.