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Charges against Armenia's former FM are prepared - newspaper
news.am
October 06, 2012 | 08:21
YEREVAN. - The charges, which will be presented against The Civilitas
Foundation founder, former FM, and Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan
Oskanian, are prepared, and they will be sent to Oskanian on Monday,
at the latest, Haykakan Zhamanak daily reports.
`[But] Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan's spokeswoman Sona Truzyan
did not officially confirm this information.
And to the question as to why the charges are not yet presented and
whether these charges might not at all be laid, Truzyan responded:
`The National Assembly session's minutes and the document that
Oskanian submitted are attached to the case, a thorough investigation
is underway, and we will properly inform you about the activities of
the investigative body,'' Haykakan 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.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
news.am
October 06, 2012 | 08:21
YEREVAN. - The charges, which will be presented against The Civilitas
Foundation founder, former FM, and Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan
Oskanian, are prepared, and they will be sent to Oskanian on Monday,
at the latest, Haykakan Zhamanak daily reports.
`[But] Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan's spokeswoman Sona Truzyan
did not officially confirm this information.
And to the question as to why the charges are not yet presented and
whether these charges might not at all be laid, Truzyan responded:
`The National Assembly session's minutes and the document that
Oskanian submitted are attached to the case, a thorough investigation
is underway, and we will properly inform you about the activities of
the investigative body,'' Haykakan 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.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress