ArmInfo. Upon the wiretapping of the telephone conversation between the heads of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan and the Special Investigative Service (SIS) Sasun Khachatryan, an temporary commission will be set up in the National Assembly of Armenia on the fact of obstructing the implementation of justice, violation of the right to a fair trial and the secrecy of telephone conversation.
The decision on this was taken today with 47 votes in favor and 14 against. Republican Party MPs mostly voted for of the document, "Yelk" bloc voted against. According to the decision of the parliament, the commission will include 5 MPs from the RPA, 3MPs - from the Tsarukyan bloc, 2 MPs from the ''Yelk'' bloc and 1MP from the ARF Dashnaktsutyun party.
To recall, recently a recording of a telephone conversation between the Director of the National Security Service of Armenia Artur Vanetsyan and the head of the SIS, Sasun Khachatryan was spread in the network. During the 8-minute conversation they are discussing the arrest of former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan, as well as the criminal cases brought against the CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov and former Defense Minister Mikael Harutyunyan. To recall all of them are accused of overthrowing the constitutional system during the post-election events of 2008, which resulted in the death of 10 people.
To note, in the record of the conversation between the head of the National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan and the head of the Special Investigative Service Sasun Khachatryan, the parties are discussing the arrest of the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, as well as the danger of incarcerating the CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov, as "Russia was hardly soothed". Vanetsyan gives Khachatryan legal advice on what measure of restraint can be taken against Khachaturov instead of arrest. They also talk about former defense minister Mikhael Harutyunyan, lawyer Vahe Grigoryan, a friend of former defense minister Seyran Ohanyan and others. At the beginning of the conversation, Khachatryan tells Vanetsyan what Robert Kocharyan said when he saw the secret order by Mikael Harutyunyan, which was the reason for launching criminal prosecution against them (according to this order, allegedly, the army was involved in the events of March 1, 2008, ed. note). Khachatryan states that Kocharyan's lawyer, Ruben Sahakyan stated that this is political persecution, he asked the data of all the investigators participating in the case. "In general, he is engaged in stupid things," Sasun Khachatryan said. In response to Vanetsyan's question about how Kocharyan reacted to the order, Khachatryan states: "He was furious." Vanetsyan further confesses: "A judge called me who must pass a sentence on the arrest, he was scared, said he should study all the grounds before the verdict, I said you can study, but Kocharyan should be arrested in any case''.