Friday, December 27 2019 14:32

ArmInfo. Samvel Uzunyan's leaving is a reason to think for his colleagues. It seems to me that his departure from Armenia after the decision adopted by the Supreme Judicial Council, in the first place, should be a cause for concern  to representatives of the judiciary. A similar opinion was expressed  to ArmInfo by Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on State and  Legal Affairs Vladimir Vardanyan.

Judge Samvel Uzunyan was put on the wanted list after it became known  about his departure from Armenia. Earlier, the Supreme Judicial  Council of the RA granted the petition for the criminal prosecution  and imprisonment of Judge Samvel Azatovich Uzunyan, after which the  court granted the petition for the election of a measure of restraint  in the form of arrest. On December 26, a criminal case was instituted  on the fact of crossing the state border of Armenia by Uzunyan in  accordance with Part 1 of Article 315 of the RA Criminal Code  (official negligence).

"Uzunyan's behavior casts a shadow over the entire judicial system.  In the end, he was the judge in the case of the terrorist act in  parliament on October 27, 1999, the most important case for our  country. The charges against him are quite serious, and Uzunyan's  retaliatory actions seriously hit to all his colleagues, "he said.   At the same time, Vardanyan is not inclined to put responsibility for  Uzunyan's actual escape from the country to the entire law  enforcement system. In his opinion, in this particular case, the  culprits are not law enforcement agencies, but Uzunyan himself, who  demonstrated clearly undeserving judge behavior.

According to the parliamentarian, law enforcement agencies at the  time of Uzunyan's crossing the state border were guided by their own  powers. "Meanwhile, there has not yet been a legislative ban on such  actions. If I'm not mistaken, the decision of the Supreme Judicial  Council was published only on the evening of Uzunyan's departure. In  this light, it is necessary to carefully analyze the situation, and  only then accuse the relevant departments of inaction "he believes.

Uzunyan in 2004-2016 headed the Court of General Jurisdiction of the  Avan and Nor Nork administrative districts, and since the summer of  2016 worked as judge of the court of general jurisdiction of the  first instance of the Aragatsotn region. According to Advisor to the  Prosecutor General of Armenia, Gor Abrahamyan, the criminal  prosecution of Uzunyan is connected with bribery. Uzunyan at various  times received bribes on a particularly large scale. According to the  preliminary investigation, in one case the judge received a bribe of  $ 13 thousand, and in the other case - $ 38 thousand to make  decisions in favor of the participants in the trial.