I don’t think you are authorized to represent all the citizens of Armenia. This is what Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said during a question-and-answer session with government officials in parliament today, touching upon deputy of the Bright Armenia faction Gevorg Gorgisyan’s comment that even though there were many social support programs for citizens of Armenia, they were very problematic from the perspective of effectiveness and that this is a fact for all citizens.

“There are many citizens who send the government letters expressing gratitude for the support,” he said.

In response to Gorgisyan’s comment that even though there are constantly talks about major investments and large-scale construction projects, there are currently no investments and construction projects, and that the government has talked about obstacles, that is, bank guarantees, Pashinyan said the following: “I believe the Bright Armenia faction of the National Assembly needs to have a clear-cut decision. One of the deputies of the faction said people have submitted fake bank guarantees and hinted that there are relations between friends and acquaintances. If there are such ties that are influential, what stood in the way of those ties to have an influence on the introduction of the institution of the bank guarantee for those people to not submit fake guarantees and not be held criminally liable? In regard to the institution of bank guarantee, I have made it clear that it will remain because those who want to eliminate this institution are lobbying to continue the mechanism of rollbacks,” Pashinyan said.