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WEDDING INVITATIONS DISTRIBUTED AT ARMENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY - NEWSPAPER
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October 03, 2012 | 07:47
YEREVAN. - The Armenian National Assembly on Tuesday discussed not
solely the matter of removing The Civilitas Foundation founder, former
FM, and Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan Oskanian's parliamentary
immunity and making him become a defendant in the Civilitas case,
but, also, wedding invitations were being handed out, Zhamanak daily
reports.
"[And] The person to wed is [ruling Republican Party] RPA-member
[MP and Army] General Seyran Saroyan's son, Zarzand Saroyan. The
marriage ceremony will take place on [Saturday,] October 6.
Incidentally, both Seyran Saroyan and [likewise MP and Army General]
Manvel Grigoryan took part yesterday [Tuesday] in the voting on
stripping Oskanian of his [parliamentary] immunity," Zhamanak writes.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the National Assembly on
Tuesday voted-by 64 ballots for, six against, and with one invalid
vote-in favor of Prosecutor General's petition to include Vartan
Oskanian as a defendant in a criminal lawsuit. A total of 71 MPs
participated in the voting.
To note, on May 25 the National Security Service (NSS) Department of
Investigation filed a criminal lawsuit on charges of money laundering
with respect to The Civilitas Foundation.
The NSS Press Center had informed that an investigation is underway
in connection with selling the 100-percent shares of the Huntsman
Building Products Company for around $2 million, but not informing
Armenia's tax authorities about this business deal; not using for
charitable purposes $1,135,000 of that amount envisioned for charity;
transferring this amount to the bank accounts opened under the names
of the Civilitas Foundation's founder Vartan Oskanian, and of the
Foundation's Board of Trustees member Tigran Karapetyan; and using
some of this amount for private purposes.
In addition, as per the NSSPressCenter, The Civilitas Foundation had
not presented a report on the $2 million allocated for charitable
purposes. In his turn, Vartan Oskanian considers the charges to be
politically motivated.
The Civilitas Foundation was founded in 2008 by Vartan Oskanian. After
joining Prosperous Armenia Party ahead of the May 6 parliamentary
elections, however, Oskanian gave up his post as the Foundation
Chairman.
news.am
October 03, 2012 | 07:47
YEREVAN. - The Armenian National Assembly on Tuesday discussed not
solely the matter of removing The Civilitas Foundation founder, former
FM, and Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan Oskanian's parliamentary
immunity and making him become a defendant in the Civilitas case,
but, also, wedding invitations were being handed out, Zhamanak daily
reports.
"[And] The person to wed is [ruling Republican Party] RPA-member
[MP and Army] General Seyran Saroyan's son, Zarzand Saroyan. The
marriage ceremony will take place on [Saturday,] October 6.
Incidentally, both Seyran Saroyan and [likewise MP and Army General]
Manvel Grigoryan took part yesterday [Tuesday] in the voting on
stripping Oskanian of his [parliamentary] immunity," Zhamanak writes.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the National Assembly on
Tuesday voted-by 64 ballots for, six against, and with one invalid
vote-in favor of Prosecutor General's petition to include Vartan
Oskanian as a defendant in a criminal lawsuit. A total of 71 MPs
participated in the voting.
To note, on May 25 the National Security Service (NSS) Department of
Investigation filed a criminal lawsuit on charges of money laundering
with respect to The Civilitas Foundation.
The NSS Press Center had informed that an investigation is underway
in connection with selling the 100-percent shares of the Huntsman
Building Products Company for around $2 million, but not informing
Armenia's tax authorities about this business deal; not using for
charitable purposes $1,135,000 of that amount envisioned for charity;
transferring this amount to the bank accounts opened under the names
of the Civilitas Foundation's founder Vartan Oskanian, and of the
Foundation's Board of Trustees member Tigran Karapetyan; and using
some of this amount for private purposes.
In addition, as per the NSSPressCenter, The Civilitas Foundation had
not presented a report on the $2 million allocated for charitable
purposes. In his turn, Vartan Oskanian considers the charges to be
politically motivated.
The Civilitas Foundation was founded in 2008 by Vartan Oskanian. After
joining Prosperous Armenia Party ahead of the May 6 parliamentary
elections, however, Oskanian gave up his post as the Foundation
Chairman.