TO INCREASE CONTROL OF ARMENIAN AIRPORT OVER DESERTERS

ArmInfo News Agency, Armenia
Nov 2 2006

Control over deserters is strengthening in Armenian airports. Board
of General Prosecutor’s office decided upon it, among some other
questions, on October 18. Aghvan Hovsepyan, Prosecutor General of
Armenia, several Deputy Prosecutor Generals and Prosecutors of Yerevan
communities participated in the sitting.

Press service of Prosecutor General’s office reported that in focus
were the issues of control over fulfillment of Armenian laws on
‘Military Duty’, ‘Alternative Duty’ and on ‘Those who violated the
military duty and did not perform military service’. Participants of
the sitting also discussed the summons issues of Autumn 2007.

The statute on results of the sitting says that the role of Prosecutor
General over the control for the above stated, and other topic-related,
laws should grow.

If a person, wanted under the article of 327 CC RA (on non fulfillment
of military duty), reports on his place of residence and is ready
to serve in the Army, then the person should be sent to the military
committee at once and should not be detained at the criminal-executive
body.

Prosecutor General’s office intends to severe the documents check-up
procedures of those who deviated from performing military duties.

They pointed out that all necessary documents should be presented in
order to initiate criminal procedures.

Police structures will perform a deeper control on people violating
law on military duties. Special attention of the Prosecutor General’s
board was drawn to airports. Prosecutor of Malatia-Sebastia region
and that of Shirak region were told to step up a control over arriving
and departing people via ‘Zvartnots’ and ‘Shirak’ airports.