Armenian parliament allows prosecution of Manvel Grigoryan
19.06.2018,
15:56
The Armenian parliament voted today to allow law-enforcement authorities to prosecute MP Manvel Grigoryan, elected on the ticket of the Republican party of Armenia in 2017.
YEREVAN, June 19. /ARKA/. The Armenian parliament voted today to allow law-enforcement authorities to prosecute MP Manvel Grigoryan, elected on the ticket of the Republican party of Armenia in 2017. The voting followed a request from the Prosecutor-General Artur Davtyan to strip Grigoryan of his parliamentary immunity.
Manvel Grigoryan was detained by the National Security Service in his hometown of Etchmiadzin on June 16 after security forces raided his homes in Etchmiadzin and a nearby village finding illegally acquired weapons and stockpiles of food and other supplies, including anti-tank guns and rocket-propelled grenades, meant for the armed forces.
Seventy-seven members of the 105-member National Assembly voted twice in secret ballot to sanction Grigoryan’s arrest and prosecution. Only three members of the National Assembly voted against.
Prosecutor -General Artur Davtyan told the parliament before voting that if Manvel Grigoryan remained at large he may impede the inquiry into his case by hiding important documents, and exert pressure on a number of persons by using his position to evade criminal responsibility.
According to the Prosecutor-General, Manvel Grigoryan not only illegally acquired in collusion with a number of persons, and illegally kept weapons and ammunition, but also committed embezzlement in especially large amounts.
According to the Prosecutor-General, security officers found also 71 million drams, $80 thousand, 67 thousand euros and 246 thousand Ukrainian hryvnias at Grigoryan’s properties. Also they found expensive cars, including military vehicles, and also parcels collected by Armenian children for the army in the wake of the 2016 April four-day war.
According to the Prosecutor General, Grigoryan committed acts of embezzlement in collusion with his wife, daughter and a number of other persons. --0—
Manvel Grigoryan was detained by the National Security Service in his hometown of Etchmiadzin on June 16 after security forces raided his homes in Etchmiadzin and a nearby village finding illegally acquired weapons and stockpiles of food and other supplies, including anti-tank guns and rocket-propelled grenades, meant for the armed forces.
Seventy-seven members of the 105-member National Assembly voted twice in secret ballot to sanction Grigoryan’s arrest and prosecution. Only three members of the National Assembly voted against.
Prosecutor -General Artur Davtyan told the parliament before voting that if Manvel Grigoryan remained at large he may impede the inquiry into his case by hiding important documents, and exert pressure on a number of persons by using his position to evade criminal responsibility.
According to the Prosecutor-General, Manvel Grigoryan not only illegally acquired in collusion with a number of persons, and illegally kept weapons and ammunition, but also committed embezzlement in especially large amounts.
According to the Prosecutor-General, security officers found also 71 million drams, $80 thousand, 67 thousand euros and 246 thousand Ukrainian hryvnias at Grigoryan’s properties. Also they found expensive cars, including military vehicles, and also parcels collected by Armenian children for the army in the wake of the 2016 April four-day war.
According to the Prosecutor General, Grigoryan committed acts of embezzlement in collusion with his wife, daughter and a number of other persons. --0—
