Armenian court allows the arrest of former prosecutor general
05.12.2019,
09:46
A first instant court in Yerevan on Wednesday allowed Armenian law-enforcement authorities to issue an arrest warrant for the former Prosecutor General and ex-deputy of the National Assembly from the Republican Party Gevork Kostanyan.
YEREVAN, December 5. /ARKA/. A first instant court in Yerevan on Wednesday allowed Armenian law-enforcement authorities to issue an arrest warrant for the former Prosecutor General and ex-deputy of the National Assembly from the Republican Party Gevork Kostanyan.
A spokeswoman for the Special Investigation Service, Marina Ohanjanyan, said Kostanyan was placed on the list of wanted persons on November 28 as a defendant in a criminal case.
She said Kostanyan had been summoned to appear before the body investigating the death of ten people in 2008 March 1-2 post-election violence within 48 hours, but Kostanyan ignored the summon.
According to the indictment, Kostanyan, who had served in 2008 as an adviser to then president Serzh Sargsyan, and Gevork Mheryan, an aide to Sargsyan, had entered into a preliminary conspiracy having exceeded their official powers in order to conceal the instruments, means and consequences of a particularly serious crime.
The March 1-2, 2008 case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential election, when then prime minister Serzh Sargsyan was declared the winner, angering the opposition, led by the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan and setting off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to a crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured. -0---
A spokeswoman for the Special Investigation Service, Marina Ohanjanyan, said Kostanyan was placed on the list of wanted persons on November 28 as a defendant in a criminal case.
She said Kostanyan had been summoned to appear before the body investigating the death of ten people in 2008 March 1-2 post-election violence within 48 hours, but Kostanyan ignored the summon.
According to the indictment, Kostanyan, who had served in 2008 as an adviser to then president Serzh Sargsyan, and Gevork Mheryan, an aide to Sargsyan, had entered into a preliminary conspiracy having exceeded their official powers in order to conceal the instruments, means and consequences of a particularly serious crime.
The March 1-2, 2008 case dates back to late February and early March 2008 following the disputed presidential election, when then prime minister Serzh Sargsyan was declared the winner, angering the opposition, led by the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan and setting off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to a crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured. -0---
