02/07/2013 18:44
Budaghian’s lawyer appeals against decision of Investigation Service
The Investigation Service of Armenian Defense Ministry on June 24 postponed the examination of a petition for recognizing Colonel Artak Budaghian as an aggrieved person. Let us remind you that Colonel Budaghian, who is a military unit’s commander in Nagorno Karabakh, was wounded in the June 1 shootout near the house of former Synuik regional governor Suren Khachatrian in Goris. Senior officer of the Investigation Service Mary Sargsyan told Pastinfo news agency that the mentioned decision does not mean that charges will be brought against Budaghian.
Artak Budaghian’s lawyer, Hayk Alumian, appealed to the Prosecutor General’s Office against the decision of the Defense Ministry’s Investigation Service.
According to the lawyer, the reason for appealing to the Prosecutor General’s Office against the decision is that he considers it ineffective to apply to the Military Prosecutor who ”has already expressed his opinion about the investigator’s decision”.
It should be mentioned that Artak Budaghian is still considered a witness in the case.