Armen Gevorgyan: SIS petitioning for arrest of former head of  Kocharyan`s staff 

ArmInfo.The Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan is considering the petition of the  investigator of the Special Investigation Service (SIS) of Armenia on  the application of a preventive measure in the form of arrest against  the former head of the office of Robert Kocharyan, former Deputy  Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan. This was reported to ArmInfo by the  SIS press secretary Marina Ohanzhanyan.

At the moment, Ohanzhanyan did not clarify in which case and on what  charge Gevorgyan will be detained. "We will inform about the details  later", said the representative of the SIS. Meanwhile, the court  hearing was postponed today, and the application for the arrest of  Armen Gevorgyan will be considered on December 13 at 10:30am. Earlier  it was reported that the former deputy Prime Minister and former head  of the National Security Service of Armenia Armen Gevorgyan was  charged in the case of March 1, 2008 under part 2 of Article 332  (Obstruction of justice and investigation) of the Armenian Criminal  Code.  Under this article, Gevorgyan may be sentenced to 6 years in  prison, as a preventive measure was chosen on his own recognizance.   The reason for initiating a criminal case was the information that  the Constitutional Court member Valery Poghosyan was pressured to  defend a position acceptable to the authorities when considering the  opposition's claim to appeal the outcome of the presidential  election. It turned out that an attempt to exert pressure carried out  Gevorgyan together with another person.

To recall, after the presidential elections of February 19, 2008, a  series of protests took place in Armenia, the participants of which  expressed disagreement with their official results, which resulted in  Serzh Sargsyan being declared the winner. Supporters of the first  President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who then also claimed the  highest post, organized the street actions. During the clashes of  protesters with law enforcement agencies, eight protesters and two  policemen were killed, and 33 police officers were hospitalized. Only  about 230 people then turned for help to the doctors.