Armenia’s president relieves Gagik Jangirian of deputy prosecutor general’s post
25.02.2008,
19:19
Armenia’s President Robert Kocharian relieved Gagik Jangirian of the post of Deputy Prosecutor General of the country. Jangirian has also been stripped of his degree of first class state justice counselor, the presidential press service reported.
YEREVAN, February 25. /ARKA/. Armenia’s President Robert Kocharian relieved Gagik Jangirian of the post of Deputy Prosecutor General of the country. Jangirian has also been stripped of his degree of first class state justice counselor, the presidential press service reported.
The request for dismissal of Gagik Jangiarian was submitted to the president by the country’s Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepian. Jangirian violated the provision of the Law of Prosecutor’s Office banning prosecutors from being involved in politics as the day before he showed his support to the ex-president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosian at an opposition rally.
Since February 20 rallies, sit-ins and student walkouts have been held by the opposition in the center of Yerevan.
The initiators and participants of the opposition actions protest against the results of the February 19 presidential elections published by the Central Electoral Commission. According to the results, the current Prime-Minister Serge Sargsian won the elections with 52.86%. According to the Central Electoral Commission, opposition candidate Ter-Petrosian obtained 21.5% of the votes. –0—
The request for dismissal of Gagik Jangiarian was submitted to the president by the country’s Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepian. Jangirian violated the provision of the Law of Prosecutor’s Office banning prosecutors from being involved in politics as the day before he showed his support to the ex-president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosian at an opposition rally.
Since February 20 rallies, sit-ins and student walkouts have been held by the opposition in the center of Yerevan.
The initiators and participants of the opposition actions protest against the results of the February 19 presidential elections published by the Central Electoral Commission. According to the results, the current Prime-Minister Serge Sargsian won the elections with 52.86%. According to the Central Electoral Commission, opposition candidate Ter-Petrosian obtained 21.5% of the votes. –0—
