YEREVAN. – At present, Armenian Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan’s spokesperson Sona Truzyan has no information on whether or not Hovsepyan has submitted to the National Assembly (NA) a petition to strip former FM and currently Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan Oskanian of his parliamentary immunity.  

She told Armenian News-NEWS.am that she has no such information and cannot say when and if she will have such information. 

Also, our sources close to NA informed that Aghvan Hovsepyan has not submitted any petition as of yet.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, according to sources close to NA headship, NA could discuss at its next session Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan’s solicitation to strip Vartan Oskanian of his parliamentary immunity, to include him as a defendant in the money laundering lawsuit which the National Security Service (NSS) has filed, Hraparak daily reported.       

“[But] This does not mean Oskanian will be arrested. At this phase they just want to strip him of his immunity so that he may go to NSS as a ‘defendant’ [but] remaining an MP. In actual fact, the authorities are attempting to resolve this and remaining matters in phases, [and] without burning all bridges.   

If the Prosecutor General’s petition is brought [to the NA floor], it will be examined next Monday, once the NA session gets underway. The Prosecutor General and Oskanian will make twenty-minute speeches apiece, there will be questions, [and, subsequently,] a voting,” Hraparak wrote.