Monday, February 13 2023 16:51

ArmInfo. Former Minister of Defense of Armenia, head of the "Armenia" faction Seyran Ohanyan does not accept the charges against him and intends to prove his innocence in court. The parliamentarian stated this during a briefing in the  Parliament on February 13.

It should be reminded that today the RA Prosecutor General's Office  charged Ohanyan with embezzlement of state funds on an especially  large scale and abuse of official powers. The materials prepared by  the Prosecutor General's Office say that by order of the Minister of  Defense, the territories and buildings of 2 military units were sold  at a price below the market value.

During the briefing, Ohanyan emphasized that by mentioning this  property as a "military unit" several times in the indictment, an  attempt is being made to divert the public's attention.  "These are  old, decommissioned land plots and destroyed buildings. You know that  in the early days of the formation of the army, any building could be  used as temporary strongholds. But in the future, in parallel with  the development of the Armed Forces, we built new, better buildings  for permanent deployment," the ex- Minister of Defense said.

He emphasized that all these lands and buildings became a source of  additional costs, the maintenance of which required more funds than  their basic cost.  It should be reminded that at the plenary session  on February 8, the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia  satisfied the request of the Prosecutor General's Office to give the  consent of the National Assembly to the criminal prosecution against  head of the "Armenia" opposition faction, former Minister of Defense  of the Republic of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan As stated in the message of  the Prosecutor General's Office, Ohanyan, who held the post of  Minister of Defense from April 14, 2008 to September 9, 2016, for the  sake of group interests, used his official position contrary to the  interests of the service, did not fulfill his official duties, which  negligently entailed grave consequences.