The Police of Armenia have provided clarification regarding the Facebook post of deputy of the Prosperous Armenia faction of the National Assembly Artyom Tsarukyan.

The clarification reads as follows: “A few days ago, deputy of the National Assembly Artyom Tsarukyan posted on his Facebook page information according to which government officials have developed corruption mechanisms in the procurement sector and are, as he put it, 'dipped' in smuggling, have obtained expensive apartments in Armenia and abroad, etc. The deputy’s Facebook post was also published in certain presses.

On June 9, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia forwarded to the General Department of Criminal Police the Facebook post to inspect the circumstances stated in the Facebook post.

To provide clarifications and file a report on a crime in the prescribed manner, on June 10, Artyom Tsarukyan was summoned to the Department for the Fight against the Corruption and Economic Activities of the General Department of Criminal Police where he informed that he has no other information other than his Facebok post, refused to file a report on the specified information, saying that he has no substantiated fact regarding prima facie crime and has no sufficient grounds.”