WITNESSES TESTIFY AGAINST JAMANAK YEREVAN’S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Panorama.am
15:46 31/08/06
The hearing of the case on Arman Babajanyan, editor-in-chief of
Jamanak Yerevan newspaper, closed today. The next hearing is expected
on September 4.
The judge announced that all 4 witnesses are away from Yerevan for
various reasons. He read out the testimonies upon the consent of the
advocate and the prosecutor.
Armine Arakelyan, the wife of Vahe Aboyan, writes, "I have never been
the wife of Arman Babajanyan and my marriage certificate was faked
under the name of Arman Babajanyan." The birth certificates of both
of her daughters were also faked. She says, "Babajanyan caused moral
damage to my family but I do not want any money from him."
In their testimony, the officials of military commissariat, Tigran
Harutunyan and Samvel Khachatryan, write that they trusted Emilia
Nersisyan, employee of the president’s staff and mother of Babajanyan,
and did not check the validity of the marriage certificate, even
though it was without notary certification. The next witness, Monk
Arshak, mentions that they do not have letterheads as submitted from
Babajanyan as if from the seat of St.
Edchmiadzin. Therefore, these documents were also faked.
The judge also read out the letter, based on which the case
was instituted against Babajanyan, which tells the story of
faking the documents. The letter was signed from the name of
"A. Khachatryan." However, the advocate said, "It is nameless and
cannot be a sufficient base for a charge because they have searched
a person with that name but could not find him/her." The advocate of
Babajanyan submitted proofs, which say that Babajanyan could not have
stolen the marriage and birth certificates. The trial is postponed
until the next hearing.