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Armenia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has issued a statement with regard to the Constitutional Court decision on National Assembly member’s immunity.
Considering the incessant discussions on the issue of parliamentary immunity examined by the decision of the Constitutional Court SDO-1619, the obvious subjective speculations of certain professional circles, we consider it necessary to comment on the substantiations of the decision of the Constitutional Court.
In particular, the positions of the Prosecutor’s Office on this issue, based on the literal interpretation of Article 96 of the Armenian Constitution, the idea of functional necessity underlying the concept of parliamentary immunity, was that the immunity of a National Assembly member refers to initiating criminal prosecution and depriving him/her of his/her liberty. In no case does it imply that consent must be sought from the National Assembly; the National Assembly must give its consent to the criminal prosecution of a person or the deprivation of liberty that has already taken place before obtaining the status of a NA member, the statement says in parts․
