BENEFITS THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE FIRST?
Support A1+!RA Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan received today newly appointed Special Representative of the CE Secretary General to Armenia Silva Jehe.
According to the prosecutor’s office press release, the sides discussed the legal-juridical reforms, process of completion of the 1609 and 1620 resolutions of the CE Monitoring Commission and the cooperation between the prosecutor’s office, the NA temporary commission and the fact-finding group.
The RA Prosecutor General presented in general the process, results and difficulties of the preliminary investigation of the case on the mass events of March 1 and gave a high evaluation of the formation of the fact-finding group.
“The fact-finding group’s activity is first and foremost to the benefit of the prosecutor’s office,” assured the Prosecutor General noting that the prosecutor’s office will be grateful if the fact-finding group manages to get new facts, which will contribute to the clarification of the 10 murder cases and physical injuries of 250 people and the revelation of the criminals.
Hovsepyan added that during the 6 months of preliminary investigation the prosecutor’s office has filed 89 criminal cases regarding 104 individuals and nearly 10 of the cases are in the inquiry stage. Seven people are currently under preliminary imprisonment and only one accused has managed to get acquainted with the materials for the criminal case in the course of 50 days.
Considering the persecutions for political views or activities as impermissible, the RA Prosecutor General noted that the principle laid in the groundwork of the Monitoring Commission’s resolution is diverged and an attempt is being made to conceal the crimes. A person can not be brought to justice for political actions, but that doesn’t mean that the person involved in political activities can not be brought to justice for committing a criminal act.
