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.

He says the persecution is clearly politically motivated.

Famed filmmaker Atom Egoyan has expressed support for Vartan Oskanian, the founder of the Civilitas Foundation and an MP of Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), who is prosecuted on controversial criminal charges.

Civilitas Foundation is going to continue the work it began in October 2008, the Foundation said in a release issued on Monday.

Serzh Sargsyan held today a consultation to discuss existing problems in the health sector, including the use of state control mechanisms and ensuring the population’s access to health services.

The positions were distributed as follows: a representative of Orinats Yerkir Party (OEK) became the chairman of the precinct commission, while Heritage Party's representative became the commission secretary.

Those to replace HHK MP Ruben Hayrapetyan and BHK MP Samvel Balasanyan in the National Assembly will become known on December 2.

The Washington Post published an article by columnist David Ignatius about political persecution of the Civilitas Foundation’s founder Vartan Okanian.

“It is a failed policy,” this is how MP of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) Aram Manukyan describes the country’s foreign policy in recent years.

Yervand Bozoyan says the authorities had not calculated that the move would cause deep resonance.

BHK expresses its unconditional support to its party-mate

Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) is taking measures in response to the Prosecutor-General's petition to strip BHK MP Vartan Oskanian of parliamentary immunity.

The sides also discussed the problem of double standards used by the European structures in the recent period.

Parliamentary authorities of Republican MP Ruben Hayrapetyan have been suspended based on his petition to give up his parliamentary seat.

He says it does not matter whether that candidate is Levon Ter Petrosyan or someone else. It is important that he unite the political field in order to become a convincing alternative.

"The charges are groundless. Everything else will be known on Monday," said Oskanian.

For the first time in years, President Saakashvili's party faces a serious challenger.

Vazgen Khachikyan, the former head of Armenia's Social Welfare Service, has been arrested.