SINCE MARCH 1ST, 2008, KIM BALAYAN’S SONS KEEP GETTING PROMOTED

02.10.2015 13:48 epress.am

Armenia’s Constitutional Court member Kim Balayan’s first son
Davit Balayan, has received a promotion and been given the title of
presiding judge of the Court of First Instance of Shengavit District,
replacing Prosecutor General Gevorg Kostanyan’s father. Until now,
Davit Babayan was a judge at the Court of General Jurisdiction of
Ajapnyak and Davtashen Administrative Districts.

The Zhoghovurt daily stresses that after the March 1st, 2008 incidents,
Kim Balayan’s family members’ official promotions have not stopped. The
paper recalled an unclassified document released by Wikileaks which
stated that US embassy officials were approached by Valery Poghosyan,
one of Armenia’s nine Constitutional Court justices, on Mar. 6,
2008, for a secret meeting in which he declared that then president
of Armenia Robert Kocharian fixed the court’s upcoming Mar.

8 decision to decide against the complaint by ex-president Levon
Ter-Petrossian alleging vote fraud in the disputed February 19
presidential election.

According to the document, Kim Balayan was then promised that his
son Tigran Balayan would be given the position of the spokesperson
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, if he voted for a verdict against
Ter-Petrosyan. Balayan was later given the position.