NA DEPUTIES KHACHATUR SUKIASIAN AND RAFFI HOVANNISIAN PUT DOWN THEIR MANDATES
NOYAN TAPAN
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
YEREVAN
"The latest events that occurred to me and my colleagues in the
result of unscrupulous stance of our parliamentarians and their
incomprehensible voting made me conclude that I have nothing to do
in the National Assembly and I no longer imagine myself as a deputy
of NA and I put down my mandate. I am sure that people voting for me
will welcome my decision," RA National Assembly’s independent deputy
Khachatur Sukiasian’s statement, which his Press Service spread on
September 7, read.
To recap, K. Sukiasian is charged with events of 2008 March. On 2008
March 4, the RA NA sustained the petition of the Prosecutor General
to arrest 4 deputies of NA, K. Sukiasian, Miasnik Malkhasian, Sasun
Mikayelian, Hakob Hakobian. Being under search, on September 2 2009
he voluntarily appeared to the law enforcement bodies, was arrested
and was set free with a signature not to leave the city on September 4.
To recap, K. Sukiasian has been elected as a deputy by majority
electoral system from Yerevan’s constituency N 10.
According to unofficial data, the founder of the Heritage party,
member of the party’s parliamentary faction Raffi Hovannisian also
made a decision of putting down his mandate. The party confirmed the
news noting that R.
Hovannisian will give reasons for his decision only after NA’s
official report.
To recap, R. Hovannisian has been elected as a deputy of NA by
proportional electoral system by the electoral list of the Heritage
party.
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NA deputies Khachatur Sukiasian and Raffi Hovannisian put down their
mandates
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 8, NOYAN TAPAN. "The latest events that occurred to
me and my colleagues in the result of unscrupulous stance of our
parliamentarians and their incomprehensible voting made me conclude
that I have nothing to do in the National Assembly and I no longer
imagine myself as a deputy of NA and I put down my mandate. I am sure
that people voting for me will welcome my decision," RA National
Assembly’s independent deputy Khachatur Sukiasian’s statement, which
his Press Service spread on September 7, read.
To recap, K. Sukiasian is charged with events of 2008 March. On 2008
March 4, the RA NA sustained the petition of the Prosecutor General to
arrest 4 deputies of NA, K. Sukiasian, Miasnik Malkhasian, Sasun
Mikayelian, Hakob Hakobian. Being under search, on September 2 2009 he
voluntarily appeared to the law enforcement bodies, was arrested and
was set free with a signature not to leave the city on September 4.
To recap, K. Sukiasian has been elected as a deputy by majority
electoral system from Yerevan’s constituency N 10.
According to unofficial data, the founder of the Heritage party, member
of the party’s parliamentary faction Raffi Hovannisian also made a
decision of putting down his mandate. The party confirmed the news
noting that R. Hovannisian will give reasons for his decision only
after NA’s official report.
To recap, R. Hovannisian has been elected as a deputy of NA by
proportional electoral system by the electoral list of the Heritage
party.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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