Larisa Alaverdyan reminded that similar methods were applied in the past as well.

"The dialogue between the sides started on July 18, 2011, when there was hope that Armenia would return to the democratic path of development," he said.

"With its move, the National Assembly overtly discredited itself, incurring negative consequences on the country's image.This is not what Armenia needs today."

"We welcome BHK's rightful decision and hope that the party will eventually turn its words into action. We believe that the party will confess its participation in the ‘sins' of the kleptocratic regime."

Misha Vanyan, Head of the RA Social-Medical Expertise Agency, will be relieved of his duties in accordance with the decree of Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.

You can send your questions to [email protected] or call at 58 54 27.

Deputy Chairwoman of Free Democrats Party Ms. Anush Sedrakyan denied Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian's statement to the effect that after the parliamentary elections the leaders of the two parties should give up their deputy mandates.

We have been following the legal case against former Foreign Minister Oskanian carefully and are very concerned by recent developments.

The statement of BHK deputy Vartan Oskanian:

Out f the 71 deputies who took part in the vote, 64 voted in favor, 6 against, and one vote was invalid.

Tigran Atanesyan, who is the defense lawyer of BHK deputy Vartan Oskanian, believes that “the whole nation should demand the resignation of the prosecutor general, there is no alternative”.

Arshak Sadoyan was one of the first MPs to be stripped of his immunity as a deputy.

Today the National Assembly will continue discussing the RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan's petition requesting the parliament's consent to prosecute the MP Vartan Oskanyan.

Nikol Pashinyan is not going to ‘compromise with the perpetrators of March 1, 2008, post-election clashes

I cannot explain the party's decision to boycott the sitting but they were supposed to find out whether the petition was a political order or not," said Mr. Kocharyan.

By accusing the former foreign minister [Vartan Oskanian] of money laundering Armenian authorities are making a beautiful gift to Azerbaijan, said BHK MP Vahe Hovhannisyan.

"I know that the opening has been delayed several times, as Azeri officials have threatened to shoot down civilian planes traveling to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Nagorno-Karabakh has persevered notwithstanding these threats," he said.

In the end, he warned the Republican MPs that the same fate is awaiting them.

At the same time, Mr Hovannisian said he had some reservations concerning Oskanian as the latter still has to answer a number of questions, including the March 1 events.

Authorities in Armenia are confident that the deadly March 2008 events will never repeat in the country.

Naira Zohrabyan says the petition filed by the RA Prosecutor General has no legal grounds.

"It does not matter whether [Civilitas Director] Salpi Ghazarian and Vartan Oskanian are on good relations or not," said Mr Hovsepyan.

You can watch the NA sitting live on A1+.

The protest is organized by the "Stop Persecution of Vartan Oskanian" political initiative.