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ARMENIANS USED TO GO TO CTESIPHON TO BETRAY THEIR KINGS - RULING PARTY MP
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October 05, 2012 | 14:58
YEREVAN. - When presenting the case involving The Civilitas
Foundation founder, former FM, and Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP)
MP Vartan Oskanian, the PAP National Assembly (NA) Faction members
will use a model which will harm Armenia's international rating,
Ruling Republican Party's NA Faction leader Galust Sahakyan said,
during a briefing at the Parliament on Friday, responding to the query
on the impact that the PAP representative's statement in PACE-and on
the Oskanian case-will have on Armenia's standing.
In Sahakyan's words, the PAP MPs could have presented this case at
the NA, but they failed and Oskanian himself bore the main burden.
"And where they will say what is a legal issue, and I believe this
matter will be proved for our people in the juridical plane. At one
time the Armenians used to go to Ctesiphon-the imperial capital of the
Arsacid Parthians and of the Sassanid Persians-to betray their kings,
[and] that's why they destroyed the country," Galust Sahakyan remarked.
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 NSS Press Center, 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 05, 2012 | 14:58
YEREVAN. - When presenting the case involving The Civilitas
Foundation founder, former FM, and Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP)
MP Vartan Oskanian, the PAP National Assembly (NA) Faction members
will use a model which will harm Armenia's international rating,
Ruling Republican Party's NA Faction leader Galust Sahakyan said,
during a briefing at the Parliament on Friday, responding to the query
on the impact that the PAP representative's statement in PACE-and on
the Oskanian case-will have on Armenia's standing.
In Sahakyan's words, the PAP MPs could have presented this case at
the NA, but they failed and Oskanian himself bore the main burden.
"And where they will say what is a legal issue, and I believe this
matter will be proved for our people in the juridical plane. At one
time the Armenians used to go to Ctesiphon-the imperial capital of the
Arsacid Parthians and of the Sassanid Persians-to betray their kings,
[and] that's why they destroyed the country," Galust Sahakyan remarked.
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 NSS Press Center, 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.