Jhangiryan to be sentenced for four years?
"The Lent has begun. Government officials, judges, prosecutors, the Resurrection is coming. Free yourselves from cruelty, indiscretion and injustice. If you are not afraid of the court of law, be afraid of God's judgment," said today former Deputy Prosecutor General Gagik Jhangiryan in the general court of the Kentron and Nork-Marash districts.
Judge Zhora Vardanyan denied the refusal of the defendants during the previous session after which Gagik Jhangiryan made a statement:
"They are keeping me locked up for expressing my views at Freedom Square. They have not stopped the persecutions, as well as the political, economic and legal retribution against my family members and followers. What did the administration get out of locking me up besides personal revenge? But there is no doubt that the case against Jhangiryan raised people's awareness about the devaluation of the government," said Jhangiryan.
According to him, political prisoners did not break down and stayed true to their beliefs, the pan-Armenian movement and its ideology. He believes that the administration is digging its own hole.
Attorneys presented a number of arbitration following the statement. Attorney Lusine Sahakyan mediated the judge to ask the prosecutor general to instigate a case according to which Gagik Jhangiryan has been illegally arrested for a day before his case was brought up. But the judge was not satisfied with that.
"If we say that I was arrested on February 23 and my case was scheduled for February 27, this means that I was kept longer," said Gagik Jhangiryan.
Accuser Koryun Piloyan also declared arbitration by presenting a number of articles by presses stating that Gagik Jhangiryan was removed from his post on February 23, 2008. These articles were also attached to the case. The attorneys state that the copy of the decree was delivered on February 25, thus it was illegal to arrest Jhangiryan without the consent of the Prosecutor General.
Accuser Koryun Piloyan read the indictment by which Piloyan found Jhangiryan guilty under the 2nd part of article 316 of the Criminal Code and demanded the court to sentence him to four years in prison. Piloyan still claims that Gagik Jhangiryan assaulted a state representative.
The attorneys will read their indictments during the next session to take place on March 13.
