ARMENIAN CITIZENS CAN BE SENTENCED TO 1-YEAR IMPRISONMENT FOR INSULTING
PUBLIC AGENT

09.06.2004 15:17

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian deputies voted for the insertion
into the Criminal Code of Armenia a number of articles calling
for administrative punishment for insulting of a public agent. As
minister of Justice David Harutyunian, who has submitted the project,
stated, a penalty will be fixed for a person outraging a public
agent while for the second offense the citizen can be sentenced to
1-year imprisonment. Besides, the item, according to which the cases
of people sentenced to life imprisonment can be reconsidered only
after 20 years of imprisonment, has been excluded from the RA Criminal
Code. The given amendment, in the minister’s words, is connected with
the resolution by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe,
which says that despite the kind and term of punishment, the prisoners
should be given a chance to submit the application for retrial.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress