Serzh Sargsyan was at the backyard of the courthouse
The trial of Alexander Arzumanyan and Suren Sirunyan, charged with the "Case of Seven" continued with a 20 minute delay today.
The audience gave a nearly 10-minute standing ovation to Alexander Arzumanyan and Suren Sirunyan as they entered the Shengavit district's first instance court.
Alexander Arzumanyan's advocate Liparit Simonyan made a 60-page defense speech, stating that his client is innocent and is subject to be justified.
Let us remind that prosecutors had demanded the court to acknowledge Liparit guilty for organizing mass disturbances and sentence him to 6 years in prison.
In his speech, Liparit Simonyan mentioned some reasons why the court can't accuse his client based on Article 225. For instance, the court must first find out if there was mass disturbance, that is, decide whether what happened on March 1-2 can be qualified under Article 225.
Simonyan said that the fact that demonstrators tore the poles of the municipality does not mean anything and that the people gathered at the French Embassy because they were persecuted by the police.
"The people's goal was to raise their voices regarding the events that took place in the morning. They only tore the poles to form barricades and defend themselves," said Liparit Simonyan.
While the advocate was making his defense speech, all Republican parliamentarians, the Prime Minister, Ministers and the Yerevan Mayor had gathered in the court's backyard.
They were waiting to accompany Serzh Sargsyan and Hovik Abrahamyan to the Komitas Pantheon to pay tribute to Andranik Margaryan on his birthday. Serzh Sargsyan's service car parked right in front of the court. He walked to the Pantheon, paid tribute, returned to the backyard and left without waiting.
