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HERITAGE PARTY FACTION: DEPRIVING VARDAN OSKANYAN OF DEPUTY IMMUNITY WILL EVEN MORE DAMAGE REPUTATION OF PARLIAMENT
arminfo
Tuesday, October 2, 17:29
Depriving Vardan Oskanyan of deputy immunity will even more damage
reputation of the Armenian parliament, Ruben Hakobyan, Head of Heritage
Opposition Party Faction said in the Parliament, Tuesday.
"Whose idea was it to deprive Oskanyan of immunity? What will it
give to the country and public? Is Oskanyan the key reason of all
the problems in the country? Is he the only obstacle to the effective
fight against corruption? Is Oskanyan guilty in the general outrage
of bodyguards and impunity in Armenia?" Hokabyan asked rhetorically.
He said that on the threshold of the presidential elections, a criminal
case against Oskanyan couldn't be without political motives.
It is a serious and cross mistake by the authorities, he said.
To recall, on October 1 Prosecutor General Hovsepyan presented a
petition to the Parliament for depriving Vardan Oskanyan of deputy
immunity for criminal prosecution. Oskanyan has already made a
statement saying that Aghvan Hovsepyan's appeal was a political order.
On June 12 the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia
submitted details of the criminal case against Civilitas Foundation
initiated on May 25 (article 190.3 of the Criminal Code of the RA
money laundering). The criminal case against the Civilitas Foundation
concerns the $2mln transaction for the sale of Huntsman Building
Products, an Armenia-based company owned by US-based Polymer Materials
and Huntsman International. The voting in the parliament on Oskanyan
case is scheduled for October 2.
arminfo
Tuesday, October 2, 17:29
Depriving Vardan Oskanyan of deputy immunity will even more damage
reputation of the Armenian parliament, Ruben Hakobyan, Head of Heritage
Opposition Party Faction said in the Parliament, Tuesday.
"Whose idea was it to deprive Oskanyan of immunity? What will it
give to the country and public? Is Oskanyan the key reason of all
the problems in the country? Is he the only obstacle to the effective
fight against corruption? Is Oskanyan guilty in the general outrage
of bodyguards and impunity in Armenia?" Hokabyan asked rhetorically.
He said that on the threshold of the presidential elections, a criminal
case against Oskanyan couldn't be without political motives.
It is a serious and cross mistake by the authorities, he said.
To recall, on October 1 Prosecutor General Hovsepyan presented a
petition to the Parliament for depriving Vardan Oskanyan of deputy
immunity for criminal prosecution. Oskanyan has already made a
statement saying that Aghvan Hovsepyan's appeal was a political order.
On June 12 the National Security Service of the Republic of Armenia
submitted details of the criminal case against Civilitas Foundation
initiated on May 25 (article 190.3 of the Criminal Code of the RA
money laundering). The criminal case against the Civilitas Foundation
concerns the $2mln transaction for the sale of Huntsman Building
Products, an Armenia-based company owned by US-based Polymer Materials
and Huntsman International. The voting in the parliament on Oskanyan
case is scheduled for October 2.