Court issues arrest warrant for ex-defense minister Vigen Sargsyan

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 10, ARMENPRESS. The court has satisfied the motion filed by the prosecutors to issue an arrest warrant for former Minister of Defense Vigen Sargsyan, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press servic eof the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Sargsyan, who was Defense Minister from 2016 to 2018, is suspected of violating the rules and regulations of the military housing program during his tenure and ordering respective officials to include 26 handpicked servicemembers, as well as three other individuals in the program who were otherwise either ineligible or behind the waiting list.

The Prosecutor-General’s office said that Sargsyan’s actions “caused significant damage to the rights and legal interests of persons, as well as the legal interests of the state, by negligently causing grave consequences.”

Five members of the Defense Ministry’s Central Housing Commission are also facing indictments in the case.

Sargsyan is charged with abuse of power.