make preferable“This means the investigative operations are not underway on a particularly large scale; Oskanian is not yet even called for questioning. And it seems the ruling regime simply needed to raise an uproar [to the effect] that ‘the criminal is caught,’ but they are not interested in the case.
And since the situation is uncertain, Oskanian likewise is not in a hurry to make assessments. ‘I don’t want to respond to any questions. What should have been told has been told. What [else] should I say?’, Oskanian told Zhoghovurd’s reporter,” Zhoghovurd 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.
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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.
