Head of Armenian National Congress Faction in the Parliament Levon Zurabyan and Parliamentarian Samvel Farmanyan, who is a member of the ruling Republican Party, had a dispute that degenerated into a quarrel in the parliament, Thursday. Speaking to a Yerevan-based newspaper "Hraparak", Samvel Farmanyan disclosed some details of the incident.
"I gave Zurabyan a slap in the face as a form of discipline," Farmanyan said. He told "Hraparak" that Zurabyan interrupted his talk with Ruben Hakobyan, the Head of the Heritage Party Faction, who is the author of amendments to the Election Code, in the foyer.
"At that moment Zurabyan addressed me using obscene words, which they probably use in their family. It was then that I gave him a slap in the face as a form of discipline. I am sure, in such situation any Armenian man would act the way I did," Farmanyan told the newspaper.