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ARMENIA'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL NOT YET SUBMITTED PETITION TO STRIP FORMER FM OF PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY
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September 25, 2012 | 15:55
YEREVAN. - At present, Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan's
spokesperson Sona Truzyan has no information on whether or not
Hovsepyan has submitted to the National Assembly (NA) a petition
to strip former FM and currently Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan
Oskanian of his parliamentary immunity.
She told Armenian News-NEWS.am that she has no such information and
cannot say when and if she will have such information.
Also, our sources close to NA informed that Aghvan Hovsepyan has not
submitted any petition as of yet.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, according to sources close
to NA headship, NA could discuss at its next session Prosecutor
General Aghvan Hovsepyan's solicitation to strip Vartan Oskanian
of his parliamentary immunity, to include him as a defendant in the
money laundering lawsuit which the National Security Service (NSS)
has filed, Hraparak daily reported.
"[But] This does not mean Oskanian will be arrested. At this phase they
just want to strip him of his immunity so that he may go to NSS as a
'defendant' [but] remaining an MP. In actual fact, the authorities
are attempting to resolve this and remaining matters in phases,
[and] without burning all bridges.
If the Prosecutor General's petition is brought [to the NA floor], it
will be examined next Monday, once the NA session gets underway. The
Prosecutor General and Oskanian will make twenty-minute speeches
apiece, there will be questions, [and, subsequently,] a voting,"
Hraparak wrote.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
September 25, 2012 | 15:55
YEREVAN. - At present, Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan's
spokesperson Sona Truzyan has no information on whether or not
Hovsepyan has submitted to the National Assembly (NA) a petition
to strip former FM and currently Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan
Oskanian of his parliamentary immunity.
She told Armenian News-NEWS.am that she has no such information and
cannot say when and if she will have such information.
Also, our sources close to NA informed that Aghvan Hovsepyan has not
submitted any petition as of yet.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, according to sources close
to NA headship, NA could discuss at its next session Prosecutor
General Aghvan Hovsepyan's solicitation to strip Vartan Oskanian
of his parliamentary immunity, to include him as a defendant in the
money laundering lawsuit which the National Security Service (NSS)
has filed, Hraparak daily reported.
"[But] This does not mean Oskanian will be arrested. At this phase they
just want to strip him of his immunity so that he may go to NSS as a
'defendant' [but] remaining an MP. In actual fact, the authorities
are attempting to resolve this and remaining matters in phases,
[and] without burning all bridges.
If the Prosecutor General's petition is brought [to the NA floor], it
will be examined next Monday, once the NA session gets underway. The
Prosecutor General and Oskanian will make twenty-minute speeches
apiece, there will be questions, [and, subsequently,] a voting,"
Hraparak wrote.
From: A. Papazian