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ARF-D TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON ARMENIAN PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S PETITION
tert.am
01.10.12
Armenia's parliament will continue discussing Armenian Prosecutor
General Aghvan Hovsepyan's petition for deprivation of Armenia's ex-FM,
member of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Vartan Oskanian of his
parliamentary immunity.
Vahan Hovhannisyan, a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D), stated the ARF-D parliamentary group will
not participate in the voting.
"So parliamentary immunity is actually a mere formality, while
it is said to be an opposition MP's last resort. But, just as in
this case, they can deprive anyone of it at any moment. So let us
deprive ourselves of parliamentary immunity under the Constitution,"
Hovhannisyan said.
Artsvik Minasyan, another ARF-D group member, noted that the petition
has no legal force. "It is unclear whose interests this petition is
defending. Mr Hovsepyan has no complaints," Minasyan said.
He noted that, before being put on the Armenian NA agenda, the issue
was to have been discussed by the Ethics Committee.
"It is obviously a political solution, persecution of Vartan Oskanian.
Being responsible for Armenia's present-day political picture let us
not damage Armenia's international reputation. This will prove to be
a political dividend for the nations seeking damage to our national
reputation," Minasyan said.
He called on Armenia's prosecutor general to withdraw his petition.
tert.am
01.10.12
Armenia's parliament will continue discussing Armenian Prosecutor
General Aghvan Hovsepyan's petition for deprivation of Armenia's ex-FM,
member of the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Vartan Oskanian of his
parliamentary immunity.
Vahan Hovhannisyan, a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D), stated the ARF-D parliamentary group will
not participate in the voting.
"So parliamentary immunity is actually a mere formality, while
it is said to be an opposition MP's last resort. But, just as in
this case, they can deprive anyone of it at any moment. So let us
deprive ourselves of parliamentary immunity under the Constitution,"
Hovhannisyan said.
Artsvik Minasyan, another ARF-D group member, noted that the petition
has no legal force. "It is unclear whose interests this petition is
defending. Mr Hovsepyan has no complaints," Minasyan said.
He noted that, before being put on the Armenian NA agenda, the issue
was to have been discussed by the Ethics Committee.
"It is obviously a political solution, persecution of Vartan Oskanian.
Being responsible for Armenia's present-day political picture let us
not damage Armenia's international reputation. This will prove to be
a political dividend for the nations seeking damage to our national
reputation," Minasyan said.
He called on Armenia's prosecutor general to withdraw his petition.