Arthur Sukoyan, an assistant to opposition Armenia faction lawmaker Levon Kocharyan, has filed a civil lawsuit against the administration of Armenia’s National Assembly, seeking to overturn restrictions on his access to parliament.
Sukoyan is asking the court to order the parliamentary administration to remove restrictions preventing him from performing his duties under his employment contract and restore his access to the National Assembly premises, Factor.am reports.
The lawsuit was filed on November 10 and assigned to Judge Serine Khachatryan the following day.
On October 29, it emerged that Sukoyan had been barred from entering parliament following an incident involving National Assembly Deputy Speaker Vahagn Aleksanyan.
Commenting on the incident on Facebook, Sukoyan presented his account of what had happened.
“This morning, I learned that my access to the National Assembly had been blocked. In reality, nothing extraordinary happened. I simply put Vahagn in his place, after which he preferred to surround himself with women before attempting to respond to me in any way. In the end, he called the Speaker of the National Assembly to complain and demand that my access be blocked. Incidentally, I am very glad that holding office has not changed one thing about Vahagn: when he sees me, he still chokes up just as he did when he encountered me in our neighborhood during his younger years,” Sukoyan wrote.
He also published a document signed by National Assembly Chief of Staff and Secretary-General Davit Hambaryan.
The document stated that Sukoyan’s access had been temporarily restricted following an incident involving him, Aleksanyan and Civil Contract lawmaker Tsovinar Vardanyan, with the measure intended to prevent further undesirable consequences.
Subsequently, National Assembly Speaker Ruben Rubinyan told journalists that disciplinary proceedings had been initiated against Sukoyan.
