YEREVAN. – The examination of the motion to arrest opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) leader, MP, and business tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan will resume soon at the court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan.

The Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent reports from the scene that there are a large number of police forces at the court yard.

The PAP MPs are already there.

The National Assembly on Tuesday approved Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan’s petitions to strip Tsarukyan of his parliamentary immunity and to take him into custody.

Opposition PAP and Bright Armenia Party factions in parliament, however, did not take part in the respective voting.

A total 87 MPs of the My Step faction voted for the two petitions.