VIOLATIONS WERE NOT THAT VITAL

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[08:46 pm] 26 September, 2007

Now a horsemen is on a horseback and then the saddler – on the
horseman. Once I presided over court sittings while now I stand trial,"
said Pargev Ohanyan, the judge of First Instance Court of Kentron-Nork
Marash Communities.

Today, the RA Justice Board held hearings on Pargev Ohanyan’s case.

The sitting was presided by Judge Hovhannes Manukyan who declared the
sitting open. The case study revealed 16 criminal and 4 civil breaches.

After today’s revelation it became known that the violations were
not that vital.

Namely, in one case, Pargev Ohanyan replaced the preventive punishment,
signature to stay in the country, by an arrest. It should be noted
that neither the defendant nor his advocate had attended court sittings
thus preventing the legal proceedings.

According to the Justice Board, Pargev Ohanyan might not have imposed
a sanction of arrest.

In other case, Pargev Ohanyan brought in a milder verdict and didn’t
confiscate the defendant’s property. He merely sentenced him to
imprisonment.

Pargev Ohanyan prolonged the legal proceedings of another case and
brought in the verdict within 20 days instead of the fixed ten days.

Arshak Khachatryan, the judge of the Appellate Court, read the
accusations against Pargev Ohanyan for an hour. Pargev Ohanyan is to
answer the board’s questions tomorrow.

According to Hayk Alumyan, Pargev Ohanyan’s advocate, they will
appeal to the European Human Rights Court in case the court doesn’t
meet their demands. It is due to mention that the Justice Board’s
verdicts are final and cannot be appealed in the Republic of Armenia.

The sitting was attended by the Heritage Party members Anahit
Bakhshyan, Larisa Alaverdyan and Zaruhy Postanjyan as well as the
First Secretary of the Republican Party Ruben Tovmasyan.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress