RA NA Speaker Ara Babloyan made a statement.

“Taking into account the requirement of Article 108, Part 1 of the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Armenia “Regulations of the National Assembly”, I announce that the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia Arthur Davtyan has presented petitions to the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia regarding the initiation of criminal prosecution against the Deputy of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Aram Khachiki Harutyunyan, as well as the consent to use his detention as a preventive measure,” said the statement of RA NA Speaker Ara Babloyan.

To remind, RA Prosecutor General presented the petition today. The statement says that in 2015 In connection with the case of receiving a particularly large bribe by an official on September 11, the RA National Assembly Deputy Aram Harutyunyan was justified by the combination of sufficient evidence obtained during the preliminary investigation of the criminal case initiated by the RA Special Investigation Service under Article 311, Part 4, Clause 2 of the RA Criminal Code. occupying the position of the Minister of Nature Protection of the RA, at the same time as the chairman of the interdepartmental commission for granting “special licenses for the study of subsoil minerals”, for the issuance of special licenses for the study and exploitation of 10 mineral deposits of non-ferrous metals in Syunik, Gegharkunik, Lori, Kotayk marzes, S. demanded and received a particularly large bribe of 14 million US dollars from H. This is reported by the RA General Prosecutor’s Office.