On 5 December, 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.

According to Iravaban.net, at the beginning of the session, Mamikon Aslanyan’s defense attorney Artak Voskanyan mediated to replace the restraining order chosen for the former mayor of Vanadzor. In 10 days it will be 2 years of his detention.

Mamiko Aslanyan stated in court that the prosecution’s claim that he can put pressure on the witnesses in the case is not true. He could have done that through his lawyers, keeping him in custody is not justified.

According to his assessment, the choice of a preventive measure is already similar to a punishment tool. “Members of the National Assembly, eliminate that fiction, that circus, that elections, I wouldn’t get arrested either. Why are you torturing me? It has been 2 years already; we’re getting tired of everything. If there are roads to emigration, let us emigrate, if we are going to stay let us stay.”

Notably, 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 chosen against them. Aslanyan has been in custody for about two years. He does not accept the accusation against him.