EXAMINATION OF LAWSUIT OF GAGIK JHANGIRIAN AGAINST ROBERT KOCHARIAN TO START ON JULY 31

NOYA N TAPAN
JULY 29

The examination of the lawsuit of Gagik Jhangirian against Robert
Kocharian will start on July 31 at the RA Administrative Court,
presided over by judge Artsrun Mirzoyan. The claimant appeals against
the legality of the former RA President’s February 23 decrees on
relieving him of the post of RA Deputy Prosecutor General and of his
ranks. A decision to fix the day of starting the judicial enquiry
was made during the July 25 preliminary hearing. The representative
of the respondent party, head of RA President’s Administration Hovik
Abrahamian, did not come to the court sitting, asking to examine the
case without him.

G. Jhangirian considers that he has never been engaged in politics,
he has never joined any party and has not carried out agitation,
and he spoke at the rally about violations at the preelectoral and
electoral stages, abuses, crimes, as well as on illegal quash of
the part separated from the case of the 1999 October 27 terrorist
act. "Expressing an opinion is a constitutional norm, natural human
right, and it is not political activity," the claimant said.