ArmInfo.The Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan retired to the deliberation room to decide on the request of the preliminary investigation body to extend the fourth time the term of detention of the MP of the National Assembly, General Manvel Grigoryan. The decision, according to Grigoryan's attorney Arsen Mkrtchyan, will be made public today.
According to the lawyer, General Grigoryan still does not admit his guilt. At the same time, the lawyer considered it possible that the judge Marina Melkonyan was under pressure. "The detention of Manvel Grigorian is a kind of demonstration of cruelty," he said.
Arsen Mkrtchyan reminded that the defense party still insists on changing the preventive measure in the form of a pledge in the amount of 20 million drams. As the lawyer stressed, despite the fact that his accounts and the accounts of his family are under arrest, he will be able to pay bail. "Manvel Grigoryan is a hero of the war of liberation, and, having passed this way, he acquired not only enemies, but also friends who are ready to make a modest contribution to this cause," he said. To note, today, during the consideration of the submitted petition in court, Manvel Grigoryan's health worsened, an ambulance was called, he was given medical assistance and then the court session continued.
To recall, on June 16, an MP of the Armenian parliament from the RPA, General Manvel Grigoryan, was detained by the National Security Service of Armenia. During searches, SNB operatives discovered and seized a large number of weapons and ammunition. In addition, a large arsenal of unregistered weapons, including mortars and rations for soldiers assembled by schoolchildren, was discovered in the mansion and in the dacha of the general. On June 19, the Yerevan Court of First Instance made a decision on the application of a measure of restraint in the form of arrest for Grigorian for a period of 2 months. After the arrest of Grigorian was twice extended. On August 22, he was hospitalized in the hospital due to deteriorating health. According to Grigorian's defense, her client has been diagnosed with more than 16 diseases, including diabetes and cancer.