NATIONAL UNITY CHAIRMAN HEARD ABOUT ATTEMPT UPON GAGIK TSARUKIAN’S
LIFE FROM OTHERS

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 1, National Unity Party
Chairman and head of the parliamentary faction of the same name,
Artashes Geghamian was called to RA Prosecutor General’s Office. He
gave explanations about the grounds of his statements about attempt
upon life of Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) Party Chairman
Gagik Tsarukian. RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepian reported this
at the February 2 sitting of collegium of RA Prosecutor General’s
Office.

In his words, in his explanation A.Geghamian did not present any fact,
on the basis of which a criminal case can be instituted. "In his
explanations Geghamian said that he has heard about it from many
sources: strange conversations, meetings with his electors, at cafes,"
A.Hovsepian said.

Meanwhile, RA Prosecutor General said that A.Geghamian cannot be
called to account for slander, as the latter "did not invent obviously
false information but heard it from various sources."