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ARMENIA TO GET A SLAP FROM INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY - MP
tert.am
09.10.12
Artsvik Minasyan, an MP of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D), believes that any negative process affects
Armenia's statehood.
The money laundering charges against Armenia's ex-FM, MP of the
Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Vartan Oskanian is not an exception,
he added.
"They keep talking about this simple thing, implying something. If
there is anything, it would be better to bring the facts to the
surface," he said.
Minasyan noted that Vartan Oskanian opened a loan account on January
18, 2011, and US $1,200,000 was transferred to the account. If the
Armenian Prosecutor General's Office views it as embezzlement, why
they did not bring charges against Oskanian before he was elected to
parliament? "Armenia's legal system should be ashamed of the charges
it has brought," he said.
Artak Davtyan, an MP of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia
(RPA), disagrees with Minasyan. According to him, money laundering
is involved.
He regrets the fact that it is not the phenomenon, but a person that
comes into focus, which evokes international response.
"The Prosecutor General's Office brought a serious charge. I do not
consider some of Oskanian's explanations convincing," Davtyan said.
Minasyan, however, does not think that the Vartan Oskanian case can
have any impact on the forthcoming presidential election.
"It will cause legal assessments and Armenia will receive new slaps
from the international community," Minasyan said.
He welcomes the PAP's attempts to defend its MP, without, however,
drawing far-reaching conclusions.
Minasyan explained his opinion that it is only a person that is
involved. First, Oskanian was able to voice valid criticism against
the authorities. Second, he was Armenia's FM for ten years.
"This is a slur, and even a court cannot put things right," he said.
"I do not see any political connotations. Rather, the case is being
politicized," Davtyan said.
As regards Oskanian's intention to run for presidency from the PAP,
Davtyan said that it is up to the party to decide.
From: Baghdasarian
tert.am
09.10.12
Artsvik Minasyan, an MP of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D), believes that any negative process affects
Armenia's statehood.
The money laundering charges against Armenia's ex-FM, MP of the
Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) Vartan Oskanian is not an exception,
he added.
"They keep talking about this simple thing, implying something. If
there is anything, it would be better to bring the facts to the
surface," he said.
Minasyan noted that Vartan Oskanian opened a loan account on January
18, 2011, and US $1,200,000 was transferred to the account. If the
Armenian Prosecutor General's Office views it as embezzlement, why
they did not bring charges against Oskanian before he was elected to
parliament? "Armenia's legal system should be ashamed of the charges
it has brought," he said.
Artak Davtyan, an MP of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia
(RPA), disagrees with Minasyan. According to him, money laundering
is involved.
He regrets the fact that it is not the phenomenon, but a person that
comes into focus, which evokes international response.
"The Prosecutor General's Office brought a serious charge. I do not
consider some of Oskanian's explanations convincing," Davtyan said.
Minasyan, however, does not think that the Vartan Oskanian case can
have any impact on the forthcoming presidential election.
"It will cause legal assessments and Armenia will receive new slaps
from the international community," Minasyan said.
He welcomes the PAP's attempts to defend its MP, without, however,
drawing far-reaching conclusions.
Minasyan explained his opinion that it is only a person that is
involved. First, Oskanian was able to voice valid criticism against
the authorities. Second, he was Armenia's FM for ten years.
"This is a slur, and even a court cannot put things right," he said.
"I do not see any political connotations. Rather, the case is being
politicized," Davtyan said.
As regards Oskanian's intention to run for presidency from the PAP,
Davtyan said that it is up to the party to decide.
From: Baghdasarian