Scandal in Armenia`s Parliament 

ArmInfo.  Two journalists from the Zhogovurd newspaper, Knar Manukyan and Sona Grigoryan, were expelled from the National Assembly of Armenia due to their accreditation being revoked. Meanwhile, Gegham Manukyan, a member of the National Assembly from the opposition Armenia faction, issued  passes for both journalists to enter the parliament building. Both  journalists were present at a meeting of the National Assembly  Committee on Defense and Security.

However, during the meeting, a security service representative  entered and demanded that both journalists leave the National  Assembly building. In response, Andranik Kocharyan, head of the  committee, noted that the media representatives were not interfering  with the committee's work, after which the security service  representative left the meeting room. However, a short time later,  Kocharyan insisted that both Zhogovurd journalists leave the building  and announced a recess. In response, Gegham Manukyan told Kocharyan  that he had turned parliament into Alen Simonyan's fiefdom.

Knar Manukyan and Sona Grigoryan demanded an explanation from David  Arakelyan, head of the parliamentary administration, to which he  responded that the two journalists were permitted to be in Gegham  Manukyan's office, but not at the committee meeting. He also demanded  that the journalists leave the parliament building, after which  security services intervened, accompanying both Knar Manukyan and  Sona Grigoryan, who left the parliament building, threatening legal  action against its leaders.