YEREVAN. – I demand from Prosecutor General to take part in a public debate and answer my—and my constituents’—questions concerning the manipulation of the investigation into what transpired near the home of former Syunik Regional Governor Surik Khachatryan, on June 1.     

Opposition Armenian National Congress MP Nikol Pashinyan released a statement to this effect.

“In this unusual situation, when Armenia’s Prosecutor General [Gevorg Kostanyan] is suspected of [committing] a crime, the body politic should have the opportunity to confirm or dispel its [relevant] suspicions.  

“And the fact that Kostanyan is evading a public debate means he realizes that the suspicions will be confirmed during the debate,” Pashinyan specifically noted in his statement. 

To note, in response to Gevorg Kostanyan’s statement that he is prepared to receive Nikol Pashinyan and discuss with him the matters of his interest, Pashinyan had invited Kostanyan to a live debate, but the attorney general had turned down this invitation.