Armenia’s new parliament holds first session as opposition, as expected, makes its presence felt

Heated exchanges between the ruling party and the opposition prevented them from addressing the rest of the agenda. Opposition MPs repeatedly referred to his research work at Istanbul Policy Center in Turkey in 2017–18. Opposition MPs visit him to receive his blessingOn the opening day of the session, opposition MPs began chanting, “Where is the Patriarch?” Catholicos receives opposition MPs at the Mother SeeThe Catholicos praised what he described as the opposition MPs’ “devotion and filial love for the Church”. “It is time to change the political discourse,” Rubinyan saysAddressing opposition MPs, Rubinyan raised the issue of the tone of parliamentary debate.