COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE OF KENTRON AND NORK-MARASH COMMUNITIES
SATISFIES COMPLAINT OF RAFFI HOVANNISIAN

YEREVAN, JUNE 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The court of first instance of Yerevan’s
Kentron and Nork-Marash communities (chairman – Judge Samvel
Tadevosian) on June 22 satisfied the official complaint of Raffi
Hovannisian, founder of "Heritage" Party. The court decided to
eliminate the decision to refuse initiation of a criminal case, which
was taken on November 15, 2006 by prosecutor Karapet Karapetian, of the
State Interest Protection Service of the RA Prosecutor General’s
Office. In fact, the RA Prosecutor General’s Office has been instructed
to open a criminal case and conduct an investigation into the fact
pointed out in the application.

According to a press release received from "Heritage", on March 8,
2006, some unknown persons entered the main office (illegally locked)
of the party and obtained information about activities and members of
"Heritage" from office computers. In this connection complaints were
filed, which, according to the press release, were not properly
examined by the police and prosecutor’s office. The court of first
instance of Kentron and Nork-Marash communities on February 13, 2007
made a decision approving the decision of the RA Prosecutor General’s
Office to refuse initiation of a criminal case.