{"id":312931,"date":"2026-11-13T10:34:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T06:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=312931"},"modified":"2026-11-13T12:39:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T08:39:59","slug":"heated-debate-in-armenias-parliament-democratic-backsliding-or-political-manipulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/312931\/","title":{"rendered":"Heated debate in Armenia\u2019s Parliament: Democratic backsliding or political manipulation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>A heated debate over the state of democracy in Armenia has erupted in the National Assembly, with the ruling majority and the opposition clashing over a series of contentious issues.<\/p>\n<p>During the parliamentary session, lawmakers discussed a draft statement submitted by the opposition concerning alleged human rights violations and political persecution in the country. Both sides put forward opposing positions, challenging each other&rsquo;s assessments of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The video takes an in-depth look at the latest developments in Armenian politics and the arguments presented during the parliamentary debate. Representatives of the ruling majority rejected the opposition&rsquo;s draft, dismissing it as political manipulation. The opposition, meanwhile, cited international reports and voiced concerns over what it described as democratic backsliding in Armenia.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"video_container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#1337;&#1381;&#1386; &#1378;&#1377;&#1398;&#1377;&#1406;&#1381;&#1395;&#1373; &#1329;&#1338;-&#1400;&#1410;&#1396;&#8228; &#1386;&#1400;&#1394;&#1400;&#1406;&#1408;&#1380;&#1377;&#1406;&#1377;&#1408;&#1400;&#1410;&#1385;&#1397;&#1377;&#1398; &#1398;&#1377;&#1392;&#1377;&#1374;&#1398;&#1403;, &#1385;&#1381;&#1374; &#1412;&#1377;&#1394;&#1377;&#1412;&#1377;&#1391;&#1377;&#1398; &#1399;&#1377;&#1392;&#1377;&#1408;&#1391;&#1400;&#1410;&#1396;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x8mRPWQ2UhE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A heated debate over the state of democracy in Armenia has erupted in the National Assembly, with the ruling majority and the opposition clashing over a series of contentious issues. During the parliamentary session, lawmakers discussed a draft statement submitted by the opposition concerning alleged human rights violations and political persecution in the country. Both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":312872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,35,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-312931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","category-reports"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312937,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312931\/revisions\/312937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}