Anna Vardapetyan, Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia, pursuant to point 1 of article 108 of the Constitutional Law “On the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly”, submitted a motion to Alen Simonyan, President of the National Assembly on giving consent for initiating a criminal proceedings against A.Ch., NA deputy on January 23, 2023. Pursuant to the requirement of the same point the draft decision of the National Assembly on giving consent for initiating a criminal proceedings against the deputy was also attached to the motion.

Pursuant to the factual data obtained due to the criminal proceedings A.Ch. under the criminal case examined in the proceedings of the RA Special Investigative Services, being involved as an expert in the composition of the forensic expert examination conducted for the second time, in February 8, 2017 the latter signed an evidently false conclusion of the forensic expert examination commission.

Pursuant to article 96 of the RA Constitution, criminal proceedings may be initiated against a deputy only upon the consent of the National Assembly.  

Notice:  A person charged with any crime shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty in the manner prescribed by the RA Criminal Procedure Code—by the judgment came into legal force.