RPA rep. slams Oskanian’s actions as illegal![]() October 2, 2012 - 15:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group member believes a part of the Civilitas Foundation’s sums was misused by Vartan Oskanian, another part was distributed among the Foundation’s directors and the third part spent on business transactions.As Hayk Babukhanyan stated at a discussion on stripping ex-foreign minister Oskanian of deputy immunity, using the donations for business or lending the charity money at interest is illegal, regardless of Oskanian’s personality of political affiliation. “Oskanian’s actions contradict competition rules; when the ex-minister was receiving millions of dollars in foreign donations he hired only 60 people, while he could have employed 160,” he noted. According to Babukhanyan, Oskanian was guided by more dangerous motifs than mere misuse of funds. Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Partner news |