Political scientist predict new arrests
Political circles in Armenia account the Prosecutor-General's petition to strip Vartan Oskanian, Armenia's ex-Foreign Minister and an MP of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), of his parliamentary mandate for the upcoming presidential elections.
"Vartan Oskanian was gong to run for presidency in the 2013 elections and he was viewed as a serious challenger," said political scientist Stepan Danielyan.
He says there are numerous other people in the ruling echelon who should appear in the dock. He cited the recent findings involving Republican Vardan Ayvazyan.
Political scientist Yervand Bozoyan says the authorities had not calculated that the move would cause deep resonance.
Both men predict a series of arrests in the political domain in the near future.
