PAP Chairman Gagik Tsarukyan was interrogated by the Investigative Committee yesterday. He denied the new accusation against him, calling it groundless. This was reported by his lawyer Emin Khachatryan, NEWS.am writes. 

According to Khachatryan, the criminal proceedings were initiated in 2019, but Gagik Tsarukyan was not aware of the criminal proceedings until yesterday. Yesterday, a criminal prosecution was initiated against Tsarukyan without the consent of the CEC, and the ban on absence was imposed as a preventive measure.

The lawyer emphasized that the prosecutor’s office was obliged to apply to the Central Electoral Commission first, because Gagik Tsarukyan is a deputy candidate, therefore he has immunity.

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