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The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction will issue a ruling on a motion to arrest the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) leader, lawmaker Gagik Tsarukyan late on Friday.

“I am in a good mood,” Tsarukyan told reporters. “It will be issued at 11pm… they are doing it all very quickly.”

The court, presided over by judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan, is hearing a motion filed by the National Security Service (NSS) to arrest the opposition MP facing vote-buying charges.

The Court of General Jurisdiction, presided over by judge Robert Papoyan, ruled against Tsarukyan’s arrest sought by the NSS on June 21, a decision appealed by prosecutors to a higher court. The defense lawyers also filed a number of appeals against that decision to the court.

The Court of Appeals overturned the lower court’s refusal to arrest the opposition MP on July 8, ordering new hearings on the motion to arrest 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.