Armenia’s Prosecutor General Resigns, As More Security Officials Fired

Armenia’s Prosecutor General Kevork Kostanyan resigned Thursday

YEREVAN””The shake-up of police and security officials continued on Wednesday, which also saw the surprise resignation of Armenia’s Prosecutor General.

Kevork Kostanyan, Armenia’s chief attorney, cited health reason for his sudden decision to resign. President Serzh Sarkisian accepted his resignation, which was announced to colleagues and the public by his press secretary Kristine Melkonyan.

Kostanyan, who became prosecutor general three years ago, previously served as Armenia’s military prosecutor, a deputy justice minister and a legal advisor to Sarksisian.

Deputy Prosecutor General Armen Harutyunyan will temporarily assume Kostanyan’s duties.

Kostanyan’s resignation comes four days after the end of a standoff at a police compound in Erebuni, where a group calling itself the “Daredevils of Sasoun”