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Vartan Oskanian deprived of deputy immunity
- Tuesday, October 2, 17:45
According to the motion of Prosecutor General, Agvan Hovsepyan, ex-foreign minister of Armenia, a member of the Prosperous Armenia Party, Vartan Oskanian, has been deprived of a deputy immunity. 64 members of the parliament voted for and six - against, and one ballot was considered invalid. The total of 71 members of the parliament from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia and "Orinats Yerkir" party took part in the voting.
All the opposition parties as well as the "Prosperous Armenia" Party boycotted the voting.
The request of Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan to deprive Oskanian of deputy immunity had a purpose to involve former foreign minister as a defendant in a criminal lawsuit on money laundering in the Civilitas Foundation founded by Vartan Oskanian.
On May 25 the NSS Department of Investigation filed a criminal lawsuit on charges of money laundering with respect to The Civilitas Foundation (founded by Oskanian).The NSS press center had informed that an investigation is underway in connection with selling the 100-percent shares of the Huntsman
Building Products Company for around US$ 2 million, but not informing Armenia’s tax authorities about this business deal; not using for charitable purposes $1,135,000 of that amount envisioned for charity; transferring this amount to the bank accounts opened under the names of The Civilitas Foundation's founder - former FM and currently Prosperous Armenia Party MP - Vartan Oskanian, and of the Foundation's Board of Trustees member Tigran Karapetyan; and using some of this amount for private purposes.
In addition, according to the NSS press center, The Civilitas Foundation had not presented a report on the $2 million allocated for charitable purposes. In his turn, Vartan Oskanian considers the charges are politically motivated.