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VARTAN OSKANIAN STRIPPED OF PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY
Lusine Vasilyan
"Radiolur"
18:08 02.10.2012
The Armenian National Assembly on Tuesday voted 64-6 to strip
Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) lawmaker and former Minister of Foreign
Affairs Vartan Oskanian of his parliamentary immunity to allow his
prosecution on money embezzlement charges after two days of debate.
According to the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the
Parliament makes a decision to allow to involve the Deputy as a
defendant or arrest him through secret voting. The decision shall be
adopted by the majority of the votes, if more than half of the MPs
participate in the voting.
Seventy-one Deputies participated in the voting. Prosecutor General's
motion was supported by the Republican and Orinats Yerkir factions.
The other four factions - Prosperous Armenia, Heritage, Armenian
Revolutionary Federation and Armenian National Congress - boycotted
the voting.
Lusine Vasilyan
"Radiolur"
18:08 02.10.2012
The Armenian National Assembly on Tuesday voted 64-6 to strip
Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) lawmaker and former Minister of Foreign
Affairs Vartan Oskanian of his parliamentary immunity to allow his
prosecution on money embezzlement charges after two days of debate.
According to the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, the
Parliament makes a decision to allow to involve the Deputy as a
defendant or arrest him through secret voting. The decision shall be
adopted by the majority of the votes, if more than half of the MPs
participate in the voting.
Seventy-one Deputies participated in the voting. Prosecutor General's
motion was supported by the Republican and Orinats Yerkir factions.
The other four factions - Prosperous Armenia, Heritage, Armenian
Revolutionary Federation and Armenian National Congress - boycotted
the voting.