ArmInfo. I assure you that there was no pressure from the legislative and executive bodies on the work of the judicial and law enforcement agencies.
On May 17, the head of the faction <My step> Lilit Makunts said in an interview with journalists, referring to the decision of the Special Investigation Service, which refused to deprive the mandate of deputy Gagik Tsarukyan, who, in the opinion of representatives of the party <Citizen's Decision>, bypassing the law, is engaged in business. When asked whether the question with Tsarukyan's mandate is closed, Makunts said: "We are fighting against oligarchy. No one has ever said that Gagik Tsarukyan is not a big businessman. We talked about the fact that oligarchs have no place in government, so that the latter do not use power for personal purposes, "the deputy stressed.
It should be noted that the "Decision of Citizen" party sent to the Prosecutor General of Armenia Arutur Davtyan and the Chairman of the Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan a statement in which she requested to start criminal prosecution against the leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party, MP Gagik Tsarukyan. Representatives of the party noted that based on a number of statements by Tsarukyan, it turns out that he, despite being a deputy, continues to engage in entrepreneurial activities, which is against the law. Representatives of the party are asking to clarify the case, and if these suspicions are confirmed, deprive Tsarukyan of his mandate and investigate the case in detail. However, the CCC rejected the petition of the party for lack of corpus delicti.