A brawl broke out in Armenia’s parliament earlier today between lawmakers from the ruling Civil Contract party and the opposition resulting in the suspension of the session. The incident was broadcast live and shows lawmakers wrestling and throwing punches. Local media report an ambulance arrived at the building and an opposition lawmaker from the Strong Armenia faction was seen bleeding from the nose. Security staff separated the sides, and the clashes continued in the corridors. No official injury report has been released.
The confrontation began during a speech by Civil Contract MP Taron Chakhoyan, who accused opposition members and associates of former president Robert Kocharyan of corruption and clashed verbally with Narek Karapetyan, head of the Strong Armenia faction.
Azernews reports a similar clash took place in early October.
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This is excellent. I would like to see it in every parliament in the world, but I'd like them all to be armed with knives and swords. Beautiful stuff.
If only we could get this kind of entertainment in Congress.
Is this the country with the AI Minister deployed by Tony Blair?