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Armenian government resorted to a play on words to sell the Vorotan hydro plants without debate in parliament: the hydroelectric power plants were worded as "property" so that it would be formulated as the Vorotan Cascade of Hydroelectric Power Plants CJSC was selling its property, said secretary of the Armenian National Congress faction Aram Manukyan in parliament today.
The opposition MP remarked that responding to this question during the question and answer period in parliament yesterday, ministers Hrayr Tovmasyan and Armen Movsisyan gave contradictory answers: the former said the CJSC carried out the transaction, while the latter said the government considered it expedient to sell the hydroelectric power plants. Manukyan advised the government representatives to agree in advance what they will say in the National Assembly.
In addition, Manukyan also gave advice to MPs on the correct use of the Armenian language in parliament, urging his colleagues not to address one another with their patronymics in Russian, such as "Robert Nikolayevich" but instead say, "Mr. Nazaryan."Citing a number of errors of speech, Manukyan concluded that the language issue is a state matter.