Former Mayor of Meghri, deputy of the opposition “Armenia” Faction of the National Assembly of Armenia Mkhitar Zakaryan took the oath of a Member of Parliament during today’s special parliamentary session.

Mkhitar Zakaryan was previously in custody. The opposition considered his detention politically substantiated and organized by the incumbent authorities. On Dec. 10, the MP was released based on the decision of the Constitutional Court on parliamentary immunity. Zakaryan was charged with hooliganism, but he refutes his guilt.