To be unseated
NA deputy Hakob Hakobyan, who was accused in connection with the "March 1" case and was granted an amnesty, was at the National Assembly today.
In accordance with the RA Constitution and Laws, if a NA deputy is convicted, he loses his mandate automatically. Now that Hakob Hakobyan attended the NA session and voted, a question rises as to whether he is a deputy after all or not.
"It all depends on whether the judgment entered into force or not," David Haroutyunyan, head of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs told A1+. "If a deputy was convicted and sentenced to imprisonments, and if the court judgment entered into force, the deputy has to be unseated by virtue of the law. The NA speaker has to make an appropriate protocol and sent it to the Central Electoral Commission. As soon as we have the blanks, the Speaker will do that."
It is noteworthy that the judgment against Hakob Hakobyan was made on June 22. The court ought to have sent the judgment long ago.
We learned from press secretary of the Court of Appeal Alina Yengoyan that on July 31, the Criminal Court of Appeal left the judgment of the Court of the First Instance against Hakobyan unchanged. Further, the Court of Appeal did not accept the objection of Hakobyan, after which the judgment of the Court of Appeal entered into force.
According to David Haroutyunyan, the NA Speaker will make the corresponding protocol within 5 days and will send it to the CEC, after which deputy NA Hakob Hakobyan will be unseated.
