Armen Gevorgyan’s defense hopes for fair decision by the court

The examination of the petition on arrest of ex deputy PM Armen Gevorgyan will continue from 3 p.m. Attorney Erik Alexanyan said they have demanded additional materials to get familiarized with. He said they may need them for appealing the arrest decision.

Gevorgyan is charged with four articles of the Criminal Code, one of them is impeding the implementation of justice. This case involves former judge of Constitutional Court Valery Poghosyan who is recognized as a victim in the case. According to the materials of the case, Gevorgyan  pressured Poghosyan for making decision in favor of Armenia's second president Robert Kocharyan.

Poghosyan though denies the claims, saying no pressures were exercised on him. Preventive measure against Gevorgyan in this case was signature bond.

For quite a long time the law enforcers were not speaking about Gevorgyan but after the arrest of second president Robert Kocharyan they stated on December 11 that additional charged have been brought against him. Particularly, the latter is being charged with assistance to overthrow the constitutional order in the country on March 1, 2008, as well as for taking big amount of bribe and money laundering.

All the charges will be examined in the sidelines of March 1 criminal case.

The attorney said Armen Gevorgyan gave testimonies and expressed his position. He said his defendant is not admitting the charges.

Alexanyan refused to reveal other details and comment whether the corruption case is tied with businesswoman Silva Hambardzumyan.

Armen Gevorgyan has not spoken in the court yet as the defense side is hearing the investigative body’s representative.

The attorney said the investigator grounds the petition to arrest Gevorgyan with the possibility of impeding the investigation process if he remains in freedom.

“We have objections and will present them to the court after the examination launches,” the attorney said, voicing hope that the court will make a fair decision.