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KNOWING SEFILYAN WAS A CRIME?

Politics

''We will win'', announced “Motherland and Honor” party member Vardan Malkhasyan while entering the courtroom.

The Judge of Kentron-Nork-Marash Communities tried to comment on the speeches of Zhirayr Sefilyan, Vardan Malkhasyan and Vahan Aronyan which caused their arrest. Judge Mnacakan Malkhasyan wanted to understand what Vardan Malkhasyan meant when he declared ''We should get read of these monsters''.

Vardan Malkhasyan wanted to know who the investigating body considered a “monster” and accused him of changing the power by force. Vardan Malkhasyan read his speech completely and added: ''I said all those who oppress the Armenians, who sell the territories obtained by blood are traitors, criminals and inner enemies. If the court decides that all that I said referred to the RA authorities, I will confess guilty''.

Malkhasyan insisted that he blamed Robert Kocharyan and Serge Sargsyan for selling the motherland, but he never made an appeal to change the authorities.

''Mr Kocharyan, no one trusts the judicial system today, since some people consider themselves higher than any law or justice and do not allow judges to think and that comes from the presidential office. Everyone says what I have said. I wonder why these people are afraid of criticism. We have been detained for 8 months and the court is in such a situation that it has to chose the harshest sentence for us''.

Vardan Malkhasyan and Zhirayr Sefilyan are held under Article 301 of the RA Criminal Code according to which they must be imprisoned for 3 months. Zhirayr Sefilyan refused to testify. The judge questioned the witnesses. 4 of 30 witnesses were present incourt today. The prosecutor, Arthur Mkrtchyan, did not have any questions for the witnesses, while Mnacakanyan was satisfied by confirming they knew Sefilyan and Malkhasyan.

Vahe Grigoryan and Ara Zakaryan mediated the hearing to completion because the prosecutor did not have any questions for the witnesses. The Court hearing was delayed till 12:00 p.m. 30 July.