JHANGIRYAN TO BE SENTENCED FOR FOUR YEARS?
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[06:39 pm] 24 February, 2009
"The Lent has begun. Government officials, judges, prosecutors, the
Resurrection is coming. Free yourselves from cruelty, indiscretion
and injustice. If you are not afraid of the court of law, be afraid
of God’s judgment," said today former Deputy Prosecutor General
Gagik Jhangiryan in the general court of the Kentron and Nork-Marash
districts.
Judge Zhora Vardanyan denied the refusal of the defendants during
the previous session after which Gagik Jhangiryan made a statement:
"They are keeping me locked up for expressing my views at Freedom
Square. They have not stopped the persecutions, as well as the
political, economic and legal retribution against my family members
and followers. What did the administration get out of locking me up
besides personal revenge? But there is no doubt that the case against
Jhangiryan raised people’s awareness about the devaluation of the
government," said Jhangiryan.
According to him, political prisoners did not break down and stayed
true to their beliefs, the pan-Armenian movement and its ideology. He
believes that the administration is digging its own hole.
Attorneys presented a number of arbitration following the
statement. Attorney Lusine Sahakyan mediated the judge to ask the
prosecutor general to instigate a case according to which Gagik
Jhangiryan has been illegally arrested for a day before his case was
brought up. But the judge was not satisfied with that.
"If we say that I was arrested on February 23 and my case was
scheduled for February 27, this means that I was kept longer," said
Gagik Jhangiryan.
Accuser Koryun Piloyan also declared arbitration by presenting
a number of articles by presses stating that Gagik Jhangiryan was
removed from his post on February 23, 2008. These articles were also
attached to the case. The attorneys state that the copy of the decree
was delivered on February 25, thus it was illegal to arrest Jhangiryan
without the consent of the Prosecutor General.
Accuser Koryun Piloyan read the indictment by which Piloyan
found Jhangiryan guilty under the 2nd part of article 316 of the
Criminal Code and demanded the court to sentence him to four years
in prison. Piloyan still claims that Gagik Jhangiryan assaulted a
state representative.
The attorneys will read their indictments during the next session to
take place on March 13.