ArmInfo.The lawyers of the ex-Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorkyan appealed to the Ombudsman of Armenia Arman Tatoyan.According to the lawyers, the rights of the former deputy prime minister were violated.
In particular, their statement notes: "We believe that by imposing arrest on all property of Armen Gevorkian, his rights are being violated. The authorities pursuing criminal prosecution have disproportionately limited his right to property guaranteed by the RA Constitution and the European Convention, therefore, the need, in addition to the tools provided by the criminal procedure legislation, to appeal to the Ombudsman to take appropriate actions aimed at restoring the violated principles rights of Armen Gevorkian, "emphasize the lawyers.The letter also notes that it is also unclear to the defense's side why all of Gevorkian's property was seized.
"Having studied the decision on the seizure of property of Armen Gevorkian, we note that in the investigator's decision, referring to article 232 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which shows all the objectives of arresting property, it was not noted what specific purpose was attached to this property "- underscore the lawyers.It should be noted that Armen Gevorgyan is accused under paragraph 311 (official receiving a bribe on a large scale), 190 (money laundering committed on a large scale), and 38-300.1 (assisting the overthrow of the constitutional system) of the RA Criminal Code.