'Do not affect naïveté' /video/
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Ex Foreign Minister, prisoner at the bar Alexander Arzumanyan made a constructive suggestion to Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan during today. “Instead of hearing the cases and petitions separately you had better compile all petitions and go to the retiring room and consult with the President whether you should file a resignation or not. You are supposed to act as you are told. We are not going to wait for ages for each decision. We still have a lot to do,” said Arzumanyan.
The ex FM stated during today’s trial of seven oppositionists that he had illegally been kept in custody for 10 months. “Each time Piloyans /he meant the prosecutor/ read out half of Article 193, leave out the second half and turn down petitions affecting naïveté.”
Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan demanded that Arzumanyan display respect towards the prosecutors. This made Arzumanyan furious: “When Piloyans speak you never interrupt them. Do not interrupt me, please.”
Advocate Amalya Arustamyan stated that some important information on “the mother case,” particularly the decisions of the Prosecutor General were missing. Prosecutor Koryun Piloyan refuted the information and added that not all decisions and decrees of the Prosecutor General can be attached to the case.
Alexander Arzumanyan assessed Piloyan’s statement as a “confession of crime” and said, “He admits that there are some confidential documents and you, Judge Martirosyan, do not react to this statement. It turns out that you have the right to publicise my telephone conversations with my wife, but you don’t react to a most serious statement anyway.”
Arzumanyan’s patience finally gave way after Koryun Piloyan cited a precedent from the European Court.
He cites precedents from European conventions and speaks of European Courts. And who is speaking of European standards? A man who has been recommended by the PACE Monitoring Committee to stop prosecution against the political prisoners. If you adhere to European values that much, do follow their recommendations and release the political prisoners,” said Arzumanyan.
Judge Martirosyan retired to the jury-room to consider the second petition for his withdrawal. He promised to publicise his decision later in the day.
