On 15 June, the trial in the case of the former mayor of Vanadzor Mamikon Aslanyan, the chief architect of the city Suren Abovyan and the former head of the legal department Arevhat Hovhannisyan continued in the Anti-Corruption Court. The Presiding Judge Sargis Dadoyan.

Mamikon Alsanyan is accused of expropriating Vanadzor lands by making false documents during his tenure. According to the indictment, Suren Abovyan helped Vanadzor Community Head Mamikon Aslanyan, who is an official, to exceed the official powers and commit official forgery.

According to the prosecutor’s office, Arevhat Hovhannisyan also committed an act with the same content, a measure of restraint signature not to leave was chowsen against them.

Aslanyan has been in custody for about a year and a half. He does not accept the accusation against him.

According to Iravaban.net, Nune Petrosyan, Vice-Chairwoman of the Urban Development Committee, was also invited to today’s court session to give clarifications on the plan of Vanadzor community.

The lawyer mentioned that there are specific addresses in the case, which he published in court. They were nine specific addresses. He asked Nune Petrosyan to tell the purpose and operational significance of each of the mentioned addresses. The Vice-Chairwoman of the Urban Development Committee noted that she cannot give an answer to such questions immediately. For that, a scheme is needed, on which the given addresses are indicated. As a result of the analysis of the map and scheme, the expert can give the answer to the question. The lawyer insisted that Petrosyan answer the question in court.

“At this moment, why should I answer when the master plan does not address urban development?” You have primitized my profession, made it below the baseboard plinth. The urban planner does not work in his room. He leaves his home for weeks and months and works with the community just so that the user, if the latter has questions, asks them,” the Vice-Chairwoman of the Urban Development Committee said, adding that the urban planner does not work with the address.

Public Пrosecutor Narek Movsisyan inquired from Nune Petrosyan how the purpose and operational significance of this or that address is determined. The latter mentioned that she does not know. “When drawing up the master plan, there was no requirement for addresses. It is intended for unrestricted use by the relevant department of the community. From the first day of document processing to the last day, it is explained in detail. Everyone has seen it and understood it. During the 4 hearings, no one said that they could not use the map because there were no addresses there. If he cannot use it, he must inform the authorized body about it. For 10 years it was not reported, functions and many other changes were performs. Now it turns out that there are no addresses in the master plan.”

Chief Architect of Vanadzor, defendant Suren Abovyan was asked questions to Nune Petrosyan

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