Friday, January 11 2019 13:02

ArmInfo. The Court of Appeal in Yerevan postponed consideration of the complaint of the Prosecutor General's Office against the decision of the court of first instance,  which freed the former Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan  on his letter not to leave the place.

In an interview with journalists, Armen Gevorgyan said that his position has not changed - he does not accept the charges and considers them unfounded. At the  same time, the former head of the Security Council and former Deputy  Prime Minister of Armenia noted that he has a lot to say, but in his  current status of the accused, he cannot do that. "The time will  come, and I can tell a lot," he pointed out. According to the lawyer  of the accused Erik Alexanyan, the court session did not take place,  since Gevorgyan's defense did not receive a copy of the appeal of the  Prosecutor General's Office, and therefore was not able to read it  and submit its written objections. The meeting should take place  until January 17, 12:00.

As the lawyer explained, the court of first instance previously  stated the lack of reasonable suspicion for the charges against  Gevorgyan in helping to overthrow the constitutional order and  receive a bribe on a large scale. As for the money laundering  charges, then, according to Alexanyan, the court of first instance  stated that there were grounds for the charges, however, it did not  find any reasons for the arrest.

The lawyer noted that so far no legal proceedings and investigative  actions involving Armen Gevorkian have been carried out. In addition,  as Aleksanyan pointed out to journalists, his client did not know  about the existence of the secret order of the Ministry of Defense  No. 0038 on the nomination of army units in Yerevan or to the suburbs  during mass protests on March 1-2.  On the question of whether  Gevorgyan spoke with former president Robert Kocharyan during this  time, the lawyer said: "until today, there have been no contacts with  Kocharyan or his lawyers, since these contacts were not necessary."  To recall, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Armen  Gevorgyan is accused of receiving a bribe on a large scale, money  laundering and facilitating the overthrow of the constitutional  order. On December 14, the court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan  rejected the petition for the arrest of the former Armenian Deputy  Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan, freeing him on bail. The Prosecutor  General's Office appealed this decision. The defense also appealed  the decision of the court of first instance on the lack of a  reasonable suspicion of Gevorgyan's guilt on money laundering  charges.