YEREVAN. – Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) will likely discuss on Friday the petition by the Armenia’s Attorney General submitted to the Parliament on withdrawing former FM, PAP MP Vartan Oskanian from the MP immunity, PAP MP and secretary Tigran Urikhanyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am adding only after that he will introduce the party’s approach.

“If we discuss the issue, we will make our position public,” he said claiming it was not unexpected for him.

To note, Armenia’s Attorney General Aghvan Hovsepyan has submitted a petition to the Parliament on Thursday on the occasion of getting an approval for the Prosperous Armenia Party MP Vartan Oskanian engaging as a defendant in the criminal case instigated by the Armenian National Security Service. Besides, Attorney General’s spokesperson Sona Truzyan claimed that the petition refers only to engaging him as a defendant and not detaining Oskanian. 

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, on May 25 the National Security Service 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 - former FM and currently Prosperous Armenia Party MP - 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.