Parliament Council debates taking Tsarukyan suspension to top courtNovember 25, 2020 - 10:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Council of Armenia's National Assembly Council on November 24 debated the issue of submitting an application to the Constitutional Court on the termination of the powers of Prosperous Armenia leader, lawmaker and oligarch Gagik Tsarukyan. According to a report from Hetq.am, the Council had called a meeting on November 16 but Tsarukyan had failed to show up. Under the National Assembly rules of procedure, the presence of the lawmaker in question is obligatory for the discussion of such an issue, which, however, can be debated without them at a second. Tsarukyan was put in custody on September 25 for two months ahead of a trial on charges of vote-buying in 2017 parliamentary elections. The country's National Assembly stripped him of his immunity in June, allowing him to be arrested, after the National Security Service raided his home and interrogated him. Three criminal cases have been launched against him and companies owned and run by him over illegal business activity, electoral bribery and land alienation. Tsarukyan's arrest was ordered by the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction over allegations of misconduct surrounding the 2017 elections, which preceded the peaceful revolution of spring 2018. Tsarukyan was released on bail of AMD 100 million ($200,000). His party is among the 16 political forces demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |