Prosecutor General of Armenia Gevorg Kostanyan is personally responsible for concealing the crimes committed by Syunik Govenror Surik Khachatryan, MP Nikol Pashinyan said in the Parliament after Kostanyan reported on the activity of the Prosecutor General's Office.
Pashinyan said that in 2013 Kostanyan as military prosecutor concealed the facts testifying that Khachatryan murdered Avetik Budaghyan. "Prosecutor General is responsible for all the crimes, bloody squabbles, stabbing and murders in Syunik, as he, his son or friends were directly involved in all those incidents," Pashinyan said.
Kostanyan said he is responsible for all his decisions and called on Pashinyan to be careful in his allegations. Pashinyan went on saying that in June 2013, the Arabkir Court adopted a decision on tapping of the phones of Surik Khachatryan and his friends. However, the National Security Service refused to fulfill the decision for technical reasons, Pashinyan recalled. "Now, explain me on the language of jurisprudence, Mr. Kostanyan, is it possible that the National Security Service refuses to tap the phones of oppositionists for 'technical reasons'," Pashinyan said.
In response, Kostanyan just asked the parliamentarian to respect his professional activity.