Throughout the entire period of Armenia’s independence, the parliamentary system or, precisely speaking, parliamentary culture, has remained an underdog among state institutions and failed to properly carry out its responsible mission as the front-runner of Armenia’s supreme governing body. Furthermore, the National Assembly, which bore the honorable title of the country's number-one political platform, has turned into a notorious arena for generating internal political unrest, personal insults, mutual profanity, and criminal jargon. In this regard, the 9th Convocation of the National Assembly has surpassed all its predecessors. Moreover, the individual creating this toxic, aggressive atmosphere in the hall is just one man: a well-known figure who explicitly proclaimed himself a "passionate orator" during a government press briefing.

His presence in parliamentary discussions inevitably causes tension, bickering, and heated arguments. It is only by sheer luck that these encounters do not escalate into fistfights and harsh intervention by the security officers on duty in the hallway. It is disgraceful, of course, when an uncultured officer of the State Protection Service pushes and shoves an official endowed with a primary mandate, an opposition MP, inside the session hall, but that is the harsh reality. The legislative-executive regular Question and Answer session on September 16–17, 2026, held by the National Assembly and addressing key domestic, constitutional, and foreign policy matters followed by the whole world, was a prime example of how far the inappropriate behavior of this "passionate orator" at the state's main podium can take us.

At first glance, the seemingly innocent agenda of the session, which in this specific case pertained to the domestic political situation of Armenia, justice, and the social issues of the people of Artsakh, appeared as though it could not harbor internal contradictions and anxiety. But even in this circumstance, the "passionate orator" is capable of wringing intrigue out of any issue under discussion. This time, within the context of the justice issue brought up for discussion, he initiated a discourse regarding the confiscation of property from former officials, confident that "beneficiaries" of the topic would certainly be found in the "Armenia" faction. The opposition's response was indeed not long in coming: Levon Kocharyan was the first to approach the rostrum, and… "the plot thickened.”

There is not a single day that Pashinyan does not attack the second president of Armenia with verbal lashes, from whom he apparently senses the greatest danger in terms of rousing the opposition mass against him. A few days ago, for the fourth time in his eight-and-a-half years in office, he ordered the arrest of Robert Kocharyan, and as always, on a trumped-up charge. The heated argument between Levon and Nikol led to the "passionate orator" threatening to dispossess the Kocharyans, confiscating everything down to the last item, even taking their shoes off and returning the stolen assets to the state. Levon remarked with semi-irony: “If your eye is on my shoes, I will take them off right now and hand them over.” "There is no need to hand them over; we will take them off you while hanging," the "passionate orator" vented his malice.

But was that merely malice, or a call for retaliation? Law enforcement authorities will provide the assessment once they emerge from Pashinyan's 'pocket.' That day seems to be approaching, which is evident from his 'passionate' fits of rage and destabilized state of mind. Let us try to look into it. When asked, “Why are streets closed for your motorcade, suffocating the city with traffic jams?”, he starts shouting: “You'll drive how I tell you to, you'll walk how I want you to…” Now, is that acceptable? When talking about Kocharyan's property, he emphasizes that either they will seize it by a court decision, or the people will come and seize it. Could he be preparing to incite civil clashes by turning the poor against the rich? That would truly be the end.

However, as soon as there is talk about surrendering new territory, demarcating borders, establishing ties with Azerbaijan, or fulfilling Aliyev's latest demand, he gets inspired and reaffirms his loyalty to the enemy state in every way. Woe to those who try to utter the words Artsakh, Ararat, or Genocide, or who respond harshly to the anti-Armenian messages and statements periodically coming from Baku. Nevertheless, there is also a question bothering him personally that he frequently addresses recently: “Why is Kocharyan a millionaire, and I am not a millionaire?” This question has a very apt answer; we shall leave it to the reader…

“Hayatsk Yerevanits” Journal