ArmInfo. Deputies of the National Assembly of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Sasun Mikaelyan were detained for organizing and holding illegal rallies. The Attorney General Artur Davtyan stated on May 15 during the presentation of the annual report to the sitting of the standing committee of the Armenian parliament on state and legal issues and human rights.
"After the detention, they had the right to notify their whereabouts by means of a phone call." According to the same rule, there is one exception when, in case of need, an investigator carrying out proceedings with the consent of his supervisor can postpone the realization of this right for 12 hours. As far as I know, this rule was observed," Davtyan said.
He also said that he submitted a petition to the National Assembly to deprive Nikol Pashinyan of parliamentary immunity, but it concerned only Pashinyan. After that, Acting Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan wrote to him with appropriate justifications not to initiate discussion of this issue in the National Assembly. "I sent a letter to the speaker of the National Assembly, so that this issue was removed from the agenda, and the deputies were released on the same day," the prosecutor general said.
In turn, the commission member, MP Edmond Marukyan noted that this decision was made for political reasons. "You detained them on the basis of political considerations, and as it turned out now, you released them from the same considerations, that is, the Prime Minister appealed to you, and you to the National Assembly." This is a political process, there is no legal justification. send a petition to the Parliament," asked Marukyan.
In response, Artur Davtyan said that there is no, and there were no political considerations. "I did not do anything, I carried out my professional activity, and this is a legal question: if we are dealing with the deprivation of immunity in the resolution of a political body, then there is a political element: the deputy chairman of the ruling political party stands for this petition not to be discussed, which means that it will be rejected, in which case, what is the point of insisting on a petition? "Davtyan said.