Armenia`s Anti-Corruption Court finds Gagik Tsarukyan not guilty of  voter bribery

ArmInfo.Armenia's Anti-Corruption Court has found Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" party and oligarch, not guilty of vote-buying.  The decision was announced on March 11.

During the court hearing, defense attorney Emin Khachatryan requested  Tsarukyan's acquittal. The party leader chose not to make a closing  statement. Following the  hearing, Tsarukyan told reporters that he  had doubted justice until the very end and was already preparing to  appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

Tsarukyan was charged under Article 219 Part 1 of the Criminal Code -  for bribery. According to the prosecutor's office, during the  parliamentary elections in Armenia on April 2, 2017, voters were  allegedly given bribes to vote for one of the party blocs.