ArmInfo.1.6 million euros to Yerevan residents Yury Vardanyan should not be paid by us - taxpayers, but by Robert Kocharyan and his closest associates: Armen Gevorgyan, David Harutyunyan, Yervand Zakharyan and, of course, Judge Arman Mkrtumyan. ArmInfo expressed a similar opinion to Stepan Safaryan, Director of the Armenian Institute of International Relations and Security.
On July 26, the European Court of Human Rights issued an unprecedented decision on the size of the forthcoming payment, awarding a payment of 1.6 million euros in favor of Yuri Vardanyan. The house and the land that belonged to the Vardanyan family during the years of Robert Kocharian's presidency were recognized as an object of priority public interest and alienated from the legal owners for an amount that was only part of the real value.
"Today, I look forward to the implementation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's proposals on introducing transitional justice and vetting against judges, which he outlined as decisions of the ECHR in Armenia as a criterion. Continue to take unjust, violating the rights of citizens, decisions in the judicial system henceforth impossible "- convinced the analyst.
And before the government makes an appropriate decision that imposes financial responsibility on the judges taking the verdicts, in his opinion, it is necessary to find a way to put the burden for the decisions of the ECHR on the officials responsible for the 2000s - a period when, according to Safaryan, judicial disaster.
According to Safaryan, in the 2000s, organized crime acted in the face of the authorities in Armenia. And any citizen who seeks justice, defended his deprived rights, rested against a blank wall erected by Justice Minister David Harutyunyan, Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharyan, head of the presidential administration Armen Gevorgian and, finally, President Robert Kocharian himself.
"The result of all this criminal activity today is obvious - these are bundles of decisions of the ECHR against Armenia on claims deceived and robbed in the interests of a narrow group of people from the then power of citizens. The decision on the Vardanyan case is in this sense only the tip of the iceberg. Accordingly, today's judges should think a hundred times Before accepting a verdict, think about your own responsibility not before the authorities, but before the law. They must be afraid that their decisions may be appealed to the ECHR and become a problem for themselves. This is real the solution to the problem, "summed up Safaryan.