National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan has approved a request by Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan to initiate criminal proceedings against Seyran Ohanyan and Artsvik Minasyan. The announcement was made by the Parliament’s press office.

Earlier, Prosecutor General Vardapetyan had submitted a petition to Simonyan requesting parliamentary authorization to pursue a criminal case against Seyran Ohanyan, leader of the opposition Armenia faction, and Artsvik Minasyan, the faction’s secretary.