Monday, September 30 2019 14:02

ArmInfo. As part of the pre-trial proceedings completed at unjustified expenses, more than 70% of the damage or 248.4 million drams caused to the state and  communities in the total amount of 346.5 million drams was restored,  the press service of the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of  Armenia reported.

The report notes that the RA Prosecutor's Office is taking measures  to protect the property interests of the state in the conditions of  refusal to initiate criminal proceedings on grounds not justifying  corruption, termination of proceedings and failure to prosecute or  make decisions to terminate the criminal prosecution.

According to the source, in the first half of 2019 a criminal case  was opened in the prosecution department of the General Prosecutor's  Office of the RA General Prosecutor's Office and territorial  divisions of the prosecutor's office to initiate criminal proceedings  on the indicated basis, 17 criminal cases were opened, criminal  proceedings were terminated or not carried out in 86 criminal cases,  (a total of 103).

<27 of them were terminated or criminal proceedings were refused  after the statute of limitations, 34 cases in connection with the  application of an amnesty, 3 due to the death of a person subject to  criminal prosecution, and 39 on the grounds of effective repentance,  "the statement said.

In respect of 122 persons, decisions were made on the  non-implementation of criminal prosecution on not justifiable grounds  or the termination of the criminal prosecution.

For the same period of 2018, criminal proceedings were denied on  non-justifiable grounds, the criminal proceedings were discontinued  and criminal prosecutions were not carried out, or the criminal  prosecution was stopped in criminal cases initiated on the fact of 38  cases of corruption, i.e. 3.5 times less than for the first half of  2019.

Thus, decisions were made on the non-implementation of criminal  prosecution of 63 persons on non-justifiable grounds or on the  termination of the criminal prosecution.

<The noted indicators indicate that the Prosecutor General's Office  and other criminal prosecution bodies have been consistently carried  out and, in particular, since 2018, that if the damage to the state  in corruption cases is restored, if there are sufficient grounds, the  use of promotional tools, up to and including exemption from criminal  liability in the manner prescribed by law>, the department noted.

This, as stated in the statement, is also evidenced by the fact that  in the first half of 2019, the damage caused to the state and  communities in the above criminal cases amounted to

346.5 million drams, of which, as a result of warnings from  prosecutors, a total of 248.4 million drams, or 71.6 percent, were  voluntarily restored.

In all cases of not continuing criminal prosecution with the use of  discretion, the damage has been fully repaired. In particular, in 4  cases, the prosecutors submitted claims in the amount of about 18  million drams, the consideration of which is in progress.

Prosecutors also submitted proposals to the relevant state or  municipal authorities to take the initiative to file a claim for  damages in cases completed on non-justifiable grounds>, the report  says.