Armenian Parliament to discuss issue on depriving Manvel Grigoryan of  parliamentary immunity at an extraordinary meeting

ArmInfo.On June 19, at the suggestion of the Armenian government, an extraordinary session of the parliament will be convened. The decision was made on June 18 at  an extraordinary meeting of the Cabinet.

On the agenda of the extraordinary session of the RA National  Assembly, the executive body proposed to include the issue of  depriving Manvel Grigoryan of his immunity for deputy to further  prosecute him.

The Prosecutor General of Armenia Artur Davtyan appealed to Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan with a proposal to initiate the convocation  of an extraordinary meeting of the National Assembly on the issue of  deprivation of MP Manvel Grigoryan of immunity and to initiate  criminal prosecution against him. The statement of the Prosecutor  General's Office in particular notes that, following the results of  the investigative measures taken, sufficient evidence has been  obtained to initiate criminal prosecution against Grigoryan and to  select arrest as a measure of his restraint. Note that earlier the  vice speaker of the parliament, Republican Party spokesman Eduard  Sharmazanov, stated that the RPA faction, of which Grigoryan is a  member, has not yet decided on this issue. At the same time, he noted  that an objective investigation can be conducted with the use of  another measure of restraint, for example, a pledge not to leave the  place, taking into account the state of health of the accused. At the  same time, he stressed that the investigation should be carried out  according to the strictness of the law, and the perpetrators should  be held liable, regardless of their personality. Recall that  Grigoryan was arrested on June 16 on charges of acquiring and storing  weapons and ammunition, later it turned out that he was also charged  with the theft of provisions and equipment from the army. After  finding out the new circumstances Grigoryan's son, Mayor of  Echmiadzin Karen Grigoryan resigned, and his lawyer Grant Ananyan  refused to defend.

All these events were followed by protests in Echmiadzin against the  Grigorians, organized by criminal authority Don Pipo (Arthur  Asatryan) and ex-MP, ex-Republican, also implicated in criminal  histories Hakob Hakobyan. In this regard, Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan stated that he would not allow various criminal elements to  realize their goals under the guise of a "velvet revolution".