YEREVAN. – Taking into account the legal and political "boundlessness" that took place yesterday, the PAP [Prosperous Armenia Party] faction is boycotting the NA [National Assembly] session, and right now we are leaving the sessions’ hall. Arman Abovyan, secretary of the opposition Prosperous Armenia faction, stated this in the National Assembly Wednesday.

"I regret that the [parliament] majority, which came to power with the slogans of restoring democratic values, respecting the man’s right to freedom of speech and opinion in Armenia, is trying to silence political opponents.

Armenia does not have resources to become a dictatorship.

We will fight for real democratic values in the Republic of Armenia, for the social, economic, and political rights of every citizen. And what happened yesterday (…) in this hall is nothing but political revenge against the political force that expressed disagreement with your opinion, and its leader.

The whole international community, the European organizations are closely following these repressive processes taking place in Armenia against the PAP and Gagik Tsarukyan,” Abovyan also said.

To note, the NA on Tuesday approved Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan’s petitions to take parliamentary opposition PAP leader, MP, and business tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan into custody and to initiate criminal proceedings against him.