On 8 May, the trial in the case of Judge Arusyak Aleksanyan, her assistant Tamara Petrosyan and Lawyer Erik Aleksanyan was continued in the Anti-Corruption Court.
On 17 October, 2022, the Supreme Judicial Council approved the petitions of the General Prosecutor’s Office regarding the initiation of criminal prosecution against Judge Arusyak Aleksanyan and provided consent to deprivation of liberty. Within the framework of the same case, the lawyer Erik Aleksanyan was also charged under Article 46-441 of the Criminal Code, that is, he assisted an official in abusing office or official powers or the influence caused by them or exceeding the powers. In the framework of this case, Arusyak Aleksanyan’s assistant Tamara Petrosyan was also charged.
The defendants do not accept the charges against them.
According to Iravaban.net , during the hearing, Hovsep Sargsyan, one of the 4 defense attorneys of Arusyak Aleksanyan,
made a motion to declare the evidence inadmissible He believes that the testimony of witnesses, procedural documents, and evidence obtained during operational investigative measures, other factual data and adopted judicial decisions cannot be used as the basis of the accusation.
The lawyer claims that the investigation of the case should have proceeded in the Anti-Corruption Committee, not in the NSS investigative department. Arusyak Aleksanyan stated in court that assigning the investigation of the case to the National Security Service was an “illegality” allowed by the Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan.
“It is a classic manifestation of arbitrariness. Even a person without a legal education may have 2 impressions after getting acquainted with that decision: either the person making that decision lacks basic legal knowledge, or that decision was made as a form of special manifestation of arbitrariness,” the detained judge said.
The court, chaired by judge Vahe Dolmazyan, decided to reject the petition.
Details in the video.
Yevgenya Hambardzumyan
