Opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan called for Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan to investigate rumors about Republican Samvel Aleksanyan's smuggling activities.
According to him, for many years non-verified rumors have been spread that Samvel Aleksanyan imports ready sugar to Armenia under the pretence of raw for sugar and by this avoids from paying multi billion taxes. According to Pashinyan, Aleksanyan has built a sugar plant in Akhuryan to conceal this crime and president Serzh Sargsyan closes his eyes on this as he himself has a share in this business and uses the funds for rigging elections and for concealing other crimes.
To note, earlier Nikol Pashinyan urged the government to investigate the rumors about "crimes" of Armenia's president and his family. Particularly, he announced that according to rumors members of Sargsyan's family have not been paying taxes to the budget for many years.