The first rule of Armenia's fight club. Deputies staged a brawl right during a session 🥊 On October 29, in Armenia's National Assembly, a verbal skirmish between representatives of Nikol Pashinyan's ruling pro-Western «Civil Contract» party and the opposition pro-Russian «Strong Armenia» faction quickly escalated into a mass brawl. The pretext for the conflict was a taunt by deputy Taron Chakhoyan against opposition leader Narek Karapetyan over a scandalous statement by his relative. Fists, chairs and anything that came to hand were used. ⁉️ Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan did not call on his party colleagues for restraint or condemn what happened. On the contrary, he stated that the use of a chair and other improvised objects was «proportionate and correct». Moreover, Pashinyan even mocked the opposition, joking that he had mistakenly considered them physically stronger. «The situation in parliament is quite telling. The authorities are ready for any provocation, just to divert the attention of the opposition and society from the country's internal problems. Moreover, the “Civil Contract” party has the task of holding a referendum on the adoption of a new constitution by any means. To achieve this goal, they will try to persuade, “buy” or intimidate the opposition. In fact, this brawl was an attempt at the latter method of influence», — our comrades from Armenia commented. #SOVINTERN_WORLD #Hub_Asia ⭐️ Moscow Network Hub of SOVINTERN