OMBUDSMAN STUDIED DOCUMENT THOROUGHLY
Support A1+!“The request-recommendation sent to the Prosecutor of Vayots Dzor by the Head of the RoA Special Investigation Service, Andranik Mirzoyan, is a rough breach of the RoA Criminal Procedure,” said Armenia’s Human Rights Ombudsman Armen Harutiunian after a thorough study of the document.
“The addressee of a criminal recommendation can be a pre-investigation or post-investigation body and not a prosecutor,” he said.
Reminder, Andranik Mirzoyan had assigned the Prosecutor of Vayots Dzor to re-examine the heads of pre-election offices for Levon Ter-Petrossian, find out their phone numbers, property size, interrogate their neighbours, acquaintances and the drivers who had transported people to rallies.
The Ombudsman thinks the relevant bodies should find out whether Mirzoyan had filed similar request-recommendations to other prosecutors as well.
“The request is illegal and Mirzoyan cannot “be engaged” in the case on the grounds of the criminal recommendation. It is beyond his competence. Moreover, relevancy of the investigative actions and admissibility of evidence is put under question as a result of the request,” says the Ombudsman.
“Andranik Mirzopyan forced the prosecutor to violate the RoA Criminal Code.”
Reminder, the recommendation was publicized by Levon Ter-Petrossian who said the document was authored by Robert Kocharian.
