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    FOUR MPS DEPRIVED OF IMMUNITY
    Vasak Tarposhyan

    Hayots Ashkhar
    March 05, 2008

    Two - Arrested And Two - Escaped

    During the extraordinary session of the National Assembly yesterday the
    parliament approved the petition submitted by the Prosecutor General to
    render guilty MPs Hakob Hakobyan, Myasnik Malkhasyan, Sasun Mikaelyan
    and Khachatur Sukiasyan and to use arrest as a precautionary measure.

    At the beginning of the session Speaker of the National Assembly Tigran
    Torosyan informed the MPs that according to the prescribed manner
    they have already sent notices to all the four before mentioned MPs.

    - Hakob Hakobyan and Myasnik Malkhasyan, who are arrested at the
    moment, have received the notices. M. Malkhasyan expressed desire to
    participate in the session. H. Hakobyan refused to participate and
    he also refused to give any explanation.

    The other two MPs - S. Mikaelyan and Kh. Sukiasyan are "unavailable"
    and their family members don't have any idea about where they
    are. However their family members have received and signed the notices.

    After the announcement made by Tigran Torosyan, M. Malkhasyan entered
    the hall after some period of time Hakob Hakobyan also appeared.

    Representing the petition about the four MPs, Prosecutor General
    Aghvan Hovsepyan underscored:

    - The evidences at hand give enough reasons to state that MPs Myasnik
    Malkhasyan, Sasun Mikaelyan, Hakob Hakobyan and Khachatur Sukiasyan had
    active and direct participation in the mass disorder, by their public
    appeals for violence, provocations and assistance to the assaults,
    armed them to organize the mass disorder.

    The before mentioned is a good reason to render them guilty for
    organizing the mass disorder in the Republic of Armenia from February
    20 to March 2, 2008, aimed at taking the power by force. Due to
    which the mass disorder was followed by violence, massacre, fires,
    annihilation of state and private properties, armed resistance,
    use of guns and explosives, murder. Thus the before mentioned MPs
    committed acts dangerous for society, envisaged by part 3 of article
    225 and part 1 of article 300 of the Criminal Code of Armenia.

    The before mentioned MPs must be arrested according to the criminal
    case, as we possess enough materials and facts which prove that in
    case of being in freedom they will hide from the bodies implementing
    the criminal procedure, thus hindering the investigation of the case
    in the prejudicial procedure or in the court.

    The fact that MPs Sasun Mikaleyan and Khachatur Sukiasyan are hidden
    at the moment, in fact, proves the before mentioned. And all the
    searching activities have given no results by now.

    During the searching activities, on March 3, due to the investigation
    of Sasus Mikaelyan's flat in Arshakunyats 48/1, apt 61 a gun CZ,
    N 2063, produced in Czechoslovakia, have been found.

    MPs Myasnik Malkhasyan and Hakob Hakobyan have been arrested in the
    direct condition of committing criminal acts, but they refuse to give
    any testimony.

    Besides that the nature and the degree of danger of the their deeds,
    as well as many evidences, material evidences, found in the scene of
    action, the testimony of the aggrieved and many witnesses, the video
    materials showing in detail the whole process, etc. served as bases
    to use arrest as a precautionary measure for these MPs.

    Based on all these facts, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of
    Armenia submitted a petition to render guilty the before mentioned
    four MPs and to use arrest as a pretrial measure.

    By a closed, secret voting the MPs approved the petition. From the
    107 MPs participating in the voting 85 voted for and 22 against
    arresting Kh.

    Sukiasyan, 84 voted for and 22 against arresting M. Malkhasyan, 86 -
    for and 22 - against arresting S. Mikaelyan, and 84 voted for and 20
    against arresting H. Hakobyan.
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