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CIVILITAS STAFF MEMBERS TO MARCH TO ARMENIAN PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE
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October 19, 2012 | 11:37
YEREVAN. - Armenia's The Civilitas Foundation employees will start
a march, on Friday at 12:30pm and from The Civilitas office to the
Prosecutor General's Office, to submit a letter of petition and the
results of a signature campaign demanding an end to the political
persecutions against Civilitas and its founder, former FM, and
Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan Oskanian.
More than 13,000 people from 65 countries, including dozens of cities
and villages of Armenia, joined The Civilitas staff member's signature
campaign that was held from October 7 to Wednesday. The signature
campaign has ended, the foundation's press service informs.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the National Security
Service (NSS) Department of Investigation brought formal charges
against Vartan Oskanian.
To note, on October 2 the National Assembly voted in favor of
Prosecutor General's petition to include Vartan Oskanian as a defendant
in a criminal lawsuit.
On May 25 NSS Department of Investigation had 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, and 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 19, 2012 | 11:37
YEREVAN. - Armenia's The Civilitas Foundation employees will start
a march, on Friday at 12:30pm and from The Civilitas office to the
Prosecutor General's Office, to submit a letter of petition and the
results of a signature campaign demanding an end to the political
persecutions against Civilitas and its founder, former FM, and
Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan Oskanian.
More than 13,000 people from 65 countries, including dozens of cities
and villages of Armenia, joined The Civilitas staff member's signature
campaign that was held from October 7 to Wednesday. The signature
campaign has ended, the foundation's press service informs.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the National Security
Service (NSS) Department of Investigation brought formal charges
against Vartan Oskanian.
To note, on October 2 the National Assembly voted in favor of
Prosecutor General's petition to include Vartan Oskanian as a defendant
in a criminal lawsuit.
On May 25 NSS Department of Investigation had 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, and 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.