ArmInfo.The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia made an explanation of the case of Judge David Grigoryan, urging not to resort to political manipulations, based on their own narrow personal interests.
The statement of the Prosecutor General's Office, in particular, states: "Taking into account the fact that in the criminal case initiated under part 1 of Article 314 of the RA Criminal Code on the fact that the judge allegedly committed an official forgery investigated by the Special Investigation Service of the RA, various comments on procedural decisions continue taken by the preliminary investigation body and the prosecutor's office, inadmissible manifestations of an obvious distortion of reality and politicization, we consider it necessary to clarify.
Based on sufficient factual data, the acting General Prosecutor of the Republic of Armenia on the fact of committing a visible official forgery by the representative of the judiciary on July 26 submitted to the RA Supreme Court Council a petition for consent to initiate a criminal case against the judge.
In 2019, the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Armenia concluded that in two episodes of the case there is a reasonable suspicion of involvement of the judge in the acts provided for by part 1 of Article 314 of the RA Criminal Code, thereby giving consent to initiate a criminal case against a judge for committing a forgery.
According to the data obtained in the criminal case, the judge (David Grigoryan) in order to create the appearance of the consideration of the case in the 10-day period established by law on September 14, 2018 at 09:30, not being in the court building, with the assistance of the court clerk signed and attached to the court case the untrue paper record of the court session from 09:30 to 09:30.
It is noteworthy that a similar protocol on the same day and the same time was drawn up in another case, chaired by Grigorian. These two protocols were drawn up in paper form, while under the law the record of the court session is made in paper form only in the absence of a court recording system in court. At the same time, there is no record of the absence of the recording system in the halls of these meetings. The preliminary investigation of the criminal case is going on; in the near future, appropriate procedural decisions will be made in accordance with the procedure established by law.
The RA Prosecutor's Office, proceeding from the desire to minimize damage to the reputation of the institution of the judge, continues to provide limited information on this criminal case. In this context, we consider inadmissible cheap manipulative speculations in this case on the part of individual who declared themselves without familiarizing themselves with case materials and factual data, their distortion and the formation of wrong public opinion. We urge to refrain from the already common, but old and exhausted "tricks" that have nothing to do with the professional approaches of partisan and interested people.
At the same time, we recall the principle of the equality of all before the law and the inevitability of criminal responsibility of each person who has committed the alleged crime, regardless of his position, position and functions.
It should be noted that this case was filed against Judge David Grigoryan back in 2018, but it was closed for lack of evidence confirming the judge's guilt. The case was resumed immediately a few days after the judge ordered the abolition of the arrest of Robert Kocharyan, who was accused of overthrowing the constitutional order of the second president of the Republic of Armenia on behalf of the former and current President of Artsakh, the case of March 1, 2008, and its referral .
Subsequently, searches were conducted in the judge's office. It is noteworthy that in addition to the documents on this criminal case, materials on the case of March 1, 2008 were also confiscated. The judge's lawyer claims that the search was carried out in circumvention of the law, since neither Grigoryan nor the Supreme Judicial Council were notified of this, as required by law. There was no corresponding court decision.
On the eve of the ARIA, it temporarily suspended the authority of Judge Grigorian at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office. The BCC promised to make a statement to this effect, but has not yet fulfilled its promise. But in the country's legal circles, a movement began in support of Grigorian. Many prominent lawyers (over 50) have declared their readiness to defend Grigorian for free. The judge himself has not yet commented on the situation, he is on vacation.