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VARTAN OSKANIAN: DEPRIVING ME OF DEPUTY IMMUNITY IS INJUSTICE AGAINST ALL CITIZENS OF ARMENIA
arminfo
Tuesday, October 2, 18:30
The Armenian Parliament's approval of Armenian Prosecutor General
Aghvan Hovsepyan's petition on depriving Vartan Oskanian of his
deputy immunity is injustice not only against him, but also against
all the citizens of Armenia, the ex-foreign minister of Armenia Vartan
Oskanian says on his Facebook page.
To recall, on September 27 Prosecutor General Hovsepyan appealed
to the Parliament for a permission to involve Vartan Oskanian as
an accused party in the money laundering case against Civilitas
Foundation. The appeal implies deprivation of deputy immunity, but
not arrest. Oskanian 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.
To note, today Vartan Oskanian was deprived of his deputy immunity.
64 members of the parliament voted for and six - against, and
one ballot was considered invalid. The total of 71 members of the
parliament from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia and "Orinats
Yerkir" party took part in the voting. All the opposition parties as
well as the "Prosperous Armenia" Party boycotted the voting.
arminfo
Tuesday, October 2, 18:30
The Armenian Parliament's approval of Armenian Prosecutor General
Aghvan Hovsepyan's petition on depriving Vartan Oskanian of his
deputy immunity is injustice not only against him, but also against
all the citizens of Armenia, the ex-foreign minister of Armenia Vartan
Oskanian says on his Facebook page.
To recall, on September 27 Prosecutor General Hovsepyan appealed
to the Parliament for a permission to involve Vartan Oskanian as
an accused party in the money laundering case against Civilitas
Foundation. The appeal implies deprivation of deputy immunity, but
not arrest. Oskanian 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.
To note, today Vartan Oskanian was deprived of his deputy immunity.
64 members of the parliament voted for and six - against, and
one ballot was considered invalid. The total of 71 members of the
parliament from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia and "Orinats
Yerkir" party took part in the voting. All the opposition parties as
well as the "Prosperous Armenia" Party boycotted the voting.