Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has received the decision of the preliminary investigation body on temporarily terminating the term of office of Head of the State Oversight Service of the Republic of Armenia Davit Sanasaryan, reports Spokesperson of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Vladimir Karapetyan.

He recalled that the National Security Service is a body subordinate to the Prime Minister and has already given a commentary regarding the decision.

Earlier, the National Security Service had declared that on April 18, Davit Sanasaryan was charged under part 1 of Article 308 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia (misuse of official powers).

A signature to not leave the country has been selected as a preventive measure for Davit Sanasaryan. Upon consent of the prosecutor overseeing lawfulness of the preliminary investigation, the investigator has also made a decision on temporarily terminating the term of office of Head of the State Oversight Service of the Republic of Armenia Davit Sanasaryan, and the decision has been sent to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

During an April 18 briefing at the government, Davit Sanasaryan avoided informing his procedural status and explained that he has given a signature to not publicize a secret of preliminary investigation.