On May 12, a heated discussion took place in the Armenian National Assembly, during which Artur Hovhannisyan defended ongoing property confiscations and dismissed opposition accusations, while Artsvik Minasyan called for psychiatric evaluations of top officials and legal action against military analyst Artsrun Hovhannisyan.

While discussing the 2024 report on the Prosecutor General’s Office, Artur Hovhannisyan, Secretary of the ruling Civil Contract party’s parliamentary faction, stated that the authorities had not pursued vendettas or property appropriations, referring to ongoing property confiscation cases involving former officials.

Hovhannisyan emphasized that the established legal mechanism operates impartially, regardless of names, positions, or connections, asserting the party’s refusal to repeat the practices of former presidents Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan. He also challenged the opposition to respond to Kocharyan’s controversial claim that Armenians initiated the war against Azerbaijan.

In response, Artsvik Minasyan, Secretary of the opposition Armenia bloc’s parliamentary faction, called for mandatory psychiatric evaluations for top officials, implicitly targeting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. He argued that legislative action is a more legitimate response than street justice and dismissed accusations of opposition-linked corruption.

Additionally, Minasyan demanded legal action against military analyst Artsrun Hovhannisyan for publicly disputing the claim that the Battle of Stalingrad saved Armenia from a Turkish invasion, accusing him of historical distortion and justifying Nazism.

Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan confirmed that her office is seeking the confiscation of illegally acquired property from Robert Kocharyan and his relatives, detailing demands for assets including 22 real estate properties, $3 million in bonds, over 985 million drams, $1.4 million in deposits, stakes in 15 companies, loans worth billions, and other holdings.

Head of the Investigative Committee Artur Poghosyan reported significant progress in probing the November 2020 assassination attempt on Ararat Mirzoyan, then parliamentary speaker and current foreign minister. He stated that several defendants have received verdicts, one arrest was made in the Mirzoyan case, and active investigations and security operations to identify other perpetrators and organizers are ongoing.