MP: Political decision made to indict Gagik Tsarukyan
A “political decision” has been made for Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan to enter the Armenian National Assembly on Tuesday with a petition to strip opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) leader Gagik Tsarukyan of his parliamentary immunity and indict him, PAP MP Naira Zohrabyan said on Facebook.
“Prosecutor General Artur Davtyan of Armenia still has a chance to refuse fulfilling a political order. !No Pasarán!” she wrote.
Tsarukyan was summoned to the National Security Service (NSS) on Sunday and questioned there for eight hours after security forces searched his home earlier in the day. The criminal proceedings were launched against him after the opposition MP decried the government’s coronavirus handling and called for its resignation.
PAP representatives and a large group of Tsarukyan’s supporters rallied outside the NSS headquarters on Sunday. Police detained some 225 backers of the lawmaker and also used violence against MPs.