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CHANGE ESPECIALLY FOR “CASE OF SEVEN”

Politics


The changes and additions foreseen in the Criminal Court Code under discussion in the National Assembly today are correlated to the fate of the “Case of Seven”. In the package deal, the government proposes to hold trials without the defendants. Everyone was for this change, except the “Heritage” party and independent deputy Victor Dallakyan.


“In any case, there may be people who take part in the sessions without knowing whether what they are doing is a violation of the order or not. The order is presented during each session. If it is violated after a warning, the judge must apply sanction. As for disrespect towards the court, punishment is foreseen by article 343 of the Criminal Code,” said Justice Minister Gevorg Danielyan.


Although the minister did not pinpoint any case while presenting the bill, in an interview with “A1+” Victor Dallakyan said that the change is based on the situation and it is directly linked to the “Case of Seven” because it is this case that is postponed every time due to the defendants’ refusal to stand up.


“I believe that the key to breaking the inter-political tension is amnesty,” said Dallakyan. He believes that by declaring amnesty, Serzh Sargsyan will ease the tension in the country and meet the demands of the PACE.


“I think that the authorities will solve that issue by making changes to articles 225 and 300 and declaring amnesty,” said Dallakyan.


Dallakyan believes that the authorities had to declare amnesty back in November 2008.


“Back then the opposition had stopped the movement and there were no pressures against Armenia from European organizations. The authorities did not take that step, but they still have a chance.”