YEREVAN. – A political decision has been made that the Prosecutor General enters the National Assembly on Tuesday with a petition to strip Gagik Tsarukyan of his parliamentary immunity and involve him as an accused. Naira Zohrabyan, an MP of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP), wrote about this on her Facebook page.

"RA [Republic of Armenia] Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan still has a chance not to carry out a political order," she added, in particular.

As reported earlier, the National Security Service (NSS) on Sunday morning searched PAP leader, MP, and business tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan’s mansion, then summoned him for questioning, and Tsarukyan was at the NSS for more than eight hours.

Also on Sunday, the NSS issued statements on three criminal cases involving the PAP leader.

Accordingly, the first of these criminal cases is about illegalities at Casino Shangri La owned by Gagik Tsarukyan. According to the NSS statement, this gaming hall operated without a license, which caused more than 29 billion drams in damage to the state.

The second statement was about vote buying during the 2017 parliamentary election.

And while Tsarukyan was still being questioned, the NSS disseminated a statement on a third criminal case. Accordingly, the officials of Arinj community—where Gagik Tsarukyan resides—of Kotayk Province had legalized the illegal structures on a 7.5-hectare agricultural land that was unlawfully leased, and then had illegally alienated this land to "New" LLC belonging to Tsarukyan. And as a result of this illegality, about 370 million drams were not transferred to Arinj's budget.