Conversation with My Step’s Maria Karapetyan

Conversation with My Step's Maria Karapetyan (Ep #39) - 01/08/2021As protesters in the streets of Yerevan continue demanding the resignation of PM Nikol Pashinyan in the aftermath of the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, the ruling My Step faction seems to be firmly on the side of the prime minister. In the last week or so here at Groong we hosted representatives of various opposition parties and today we will host a representative from the ruling My Step faction to talk about the ongoing political crisis in Armenia.Today we’re joined by:Maria Karapetyan, who is a member of the National Assembly with the My Step parliamentary group and the Civic Contract party. She is a member of the Standing Committee on the Protection of Human Rights and Public Affairs, and the Armenian Delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE PA) and heads the Armenia-Italy Parliamentary Friendship Group. Maria holds degrees in Linguistics and Intercultural Communication and European Studies from Yerevan State University, as well as a Master’s degree in Peace Studies from the University of Rome Three.TOPICS:- Dynamics between Civil Contract and My Step- Was Parliament aware of about the Nov. 9 Agreement?- Thoughts on the post-Agreement political stand-off- Electoral Code Changes My Step is working on?- State of the Fight Against Corruption- Health and Humanitarian crises facing ArmeniaYour Host:𝐇𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐤 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐚𝐧Produced by:Asbed KotchikianAsbed BedrossianSubscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong