Thursday, November 26 2020 17:11

ArmInfo.  The authorities'  attempts to deprive head of the Prosperous Armenia party Gagik  Tsarukyan of his lawmaker's mandate are groundless. On November 26,  MP from the "PA" faction Ivette Tonoyan stated this to journalists.

To recall, the Council of the National Assembly of Armenia during a  closed session on November 24 made a decision to satisfy the petition  of the Corruption Prevention Commission  and will appeal to the  Constitutional Court with a request to consider the issue of  depriving head of the Prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukyan from  the lawmaker's mandate.

According to Iveta Tonoyan, during the meeting of the Council  groundlessness of the substantiation was also revealed. In this case,  the MP continued, it is about the political persecution of the leader  of the faction and the party of the same name. Specifically, RA Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan is trying to settle scores with Gagik  Tsarukyan, and the Council's decision fits within the framework of  this logic, of which everyone has already had the opportunity to make  sure. The deprivation of Gagik Tsarukyan of his lawmaker's mandate  will not change anything. These are representatives of the  authorities who, for the sake of their prosperous life, are ready to  do anything. For them, there are no such concepts as holiness,  national values, they define a person only by mandates. We are  dealing with small people, "said Yvette Tonoyan.

She added that Nikol Pashinyan must leave, and leave as soon as  possible. The opposition will continue its struggle to achieve this  goal. The authorities are shocked by the processes that are taking  place today, and this is evidenced by the issue of the abolition of  martial law being discussed today in the country's parliament. The  authorities do not want to be canceled, although they do not present  substantiated arguments in favor of their position. Even the fact  that the main speaker from the government on the issue of the  abolition of martial law is the Deputy Minister of Health already  shows everything.