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Wiretappings sent for expert examination

Politics


Today Judge Mnatsakan Mnatsakanyan surprised Alexander Arzumanyan and Suren Sirunyan, who are charged with the "Case of Seven".

The judge immediately approved the petition of Arzumanyan's advocate Liparit Simonyan. The defendant demanded a technical examination of the laser discs and the materials that the National Security Service had received regarding the wiretapping of Arzumanyan's telephone conversation.

Arzumanyan claims that the voice heard in the wiretapping materials, that is, the alleged telephone conversation between him and Ararat Zurabyan, is not his voice and that he has not had a conversation with Zurabyan.

In his petition, Liparit Simonyan demands finding out whether the laser discs containing the wiretapped conversations were edited or changed. Plaintiff Korun Piloyan was in favor of examining only the laser discs and did not feel the need to examine Arzumanyan's wiretappings. Arzumanyan recalled that the wiretappings were illegal and that it is immoral to broadcast them on television stations.

"By trying to deprive me of my authority, you are depriving the country of its authority. I have signed many international contracts as a founding father of this country."

Plaintiff Piloyan did not like how Arzumanyan used the word "immoral" and they got into a debate.

"Your teachers probably didn't teach you that it is wrong to read other people's letters and listen in on their conversation," said Arzumanyan to Piloyan. Suren Sirunyan said that there would be no October 27 if the National Security Service had carefully listened to the telephone conversations between Nairi Hunanyan and Alexan Harutyunyan.

However, the plaintiff's viewpoints did not have an impact on the judge's decision. After approving the petition of Arzumanyan's advocate, the trial was postponed until May 18 because the sides could not continue the trial withouth an expert examination.

Arzumanyan's advocate sincerely confessed that his previous petitions referred to the denial of the petitions. Arzumanyan also welcomed Martirosyan's decision and Judge Mnatsakan Martirosyan left the courtroom touched and in a good mood.