COURT RECESSED TO STUDY THE MOTION
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04:18 pm | April 08, 2009
Politics
The First Instance Court of Shengavit Community today continued the
trial of detainees Alexander Arzumanyan and Suren Sirunyan charged
under Article 225 of the Criminal Code (calls for mass disturbances).
At the beginning of the sederunt Advocate Liparit Simponyan petitioned
the court to change the bill of particulars taking into consideration
the fact that not all the witnesses and evidential documents presented
in the "case of seven" refer to the charges brought against Alexander
Arzumanyan.
Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan partially granted the motion and set aside
15 witnesses in the cases involving Arzumanyan and Sirunyan. He threw
out the rest of the motion since prosecutor Aram Amirzadyan argued
that in the indictment were noted all the facts regarding Arzumanyan.
Alexander Arzumanyan motioned for the dismissal of the charges and
termination of prosecution.
He made a statement substantiating his motion on the interconnectivity
of Articles 225 and 300. He noted that the withdrawal of charge under
Article 300 suggests withdrawal of charges under Article 225 on the
same grounds.
Alexander Arzumanyan noted that they had been chased before the March
1 events. The authorities started in pursuit of Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s
proponents and activists long before the deadly clashes of March 1,
still during the electioneering.
Following Arzumanyan’s speech the court recessed to study the
defendant’s petition to stop prosecution.
Prosecutor Aram Amirzadyan announced that the petition is groundless,
hence should be rejected
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
