Court to announce decision on arrest motion for Tsarukyan on Sunday
The Yerevan Court will release the decision on the motion to arrest Gagik Tsarukyan on Sunday, Tsarukyan told reporters while walking out of the Court building. In his words, the court retired to deliberation room for rendering the verdict.
To note, the National Security Service (NSS) has launched criminal cases against Tsarukyan, accusing the lawmaker of vote buying, tax evasion and illegal land appropriation. Armenian lawmakers earlier voted to strip the opposition leader of immunity from prosecution on Tuesday, moving to push through the criminal proceedings against him.
Tsarukyan denies any wrongdoing, dismissing the charges as politically motivated. The MP claims the accusations against him came after his harsh criticism of the Armenian government at the June 5 meeting of his party.