Armenia: Deputy head of ex-President Sargsyan’s party detained

A senior member of Armenia’s Republican Party has been detained in Yerevan, party officials said.

Armen Ashotyan, deputy chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia, was detained early this morning, according to party member Eduard Sharmazanov, Caliber.Az reports via foreign media.

The Republican Party of Armenia is headed by former president Serzh Sargsyan.

Earlier, former head of Armenia’s Department for State Property Management, Arman Sahakyan, was detained over allegations of electoral bribery, according to reports.

Sahakyan, a representative of the Republican Party of Armenia, is suspected of involvement in either giving or receiving bribes linked to electoral activity.

By Aghakazim Guliyev