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Armenian MP's mike deliberately turned off

22 October 2014 [14:20] - TODAY.AZ

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By Mushvig Mehdiyev

Dissatisfaction with Armenian president's domestic and foreign policies is on the rise in the country. The recent call "Sargsyan, go out!" reveals the public opinion about the president of the ex-Soviet country.

Massive disillusion with President Serzh Sargsyan gained a new momentum at a parliamentary session on October 20 when an opposition MP was giving a speech.

But the microphone of the Member of Parliament from the Heritage party, Zaruhi Postanjyan was suddenly and deliberately turned off while she was addressing the meeting.

The 4-day session of the Armenian parliament started on October 20. During her speech, Postanjyan claimed that Serzh Sargsyan is not the president of Armenia. "First of all, I would like to say that Sargsyan is not Armenia's president, but the head of a certain group," the parliamentarian said. The MPs from the ruling Republican Party started to interrupt Postanjyan's speech.

Postanjyan added: "If Sargsyan is not a president, then he has no right to order the parliament." Her microphone was suddenly turned off by the parliament's vice-speaker Edward Sharmazanov at that moment. "I'm not sleeping here. I know how to switch off your mike. You have to follow the ethics and civility like we all do," he told Postanjyan.

The MP's outrageous words directed at President Sargsyan are the fruits of Sargsyan's policies since his first election as president in 2008. Economic experts accuse Sargsyan of feeding a stranglehold on the country's economy to push it into a big slump. Weak competitiveness in economy has propelled the former Soviet country to drop to 85th place among 144 countries in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2014.

At the same time, the political analysts claim that lack of Sargsyan's political skills and will has tarnished Armenia's image in international arena. The government's U-turn to change plans from integration into EU to getting closer to Russia has also sparked public dissatisfaction.

Sargsyan has been named as a violator of the civil rights in Armenia. About 1.3 percent of the articles published in the local media this year blamed the country's head for breaching human rights.

Martin Luther King's famous saying "I have a dream" has now turned into a reality in Armenia as the residents are dreaming about a country without Sargsyan. Very recent protest rally on October 10 and plans to continue it on October 24 hint to desire of Armenia's 3 million populations to breathe new life into the country.

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