Case on Teghut was postponed
The RA Court of Appeals only took a few minutes to examine the appeal filed by "Ecodar" NGO's appeal against the Administrative Court. The environmental organization had filed an appeal to the administrative court in order for the latter to recognize invalid a number of agreements and documents which allow the exploitation of Teghut's copper-molybdenum pit. The court denied the appeal, saying that the organization has no right to file an appeal on exploitation of Teghut mine and the appeal was presented to the Court of Appeals.
The court postponed the session for a while without any explanation. "Ecodar" NGO's advocate Hayk Alumyan tried to find out the reason from the court, but it was useless and the court told him to leave the courtroom.
"The Court of Appeals apparently ruled to postpone the case without any explanation and that is characteristic of the Court of Appeals. This is not within the limits of the law," Hayk Alumyan told "A1+". He added that the postponement is due to the fact that the court is not familiar with the case. "Today the Court of Appeals announced that it was studying the case before the trial, but made a serious mistake when naming the sides. For instance, "Ecodar" became "Ecodor", "Armenian Copper Program" became "Armenian Copper Progress" and it was clear that the court had not studied the case well.
Head of "Ecodar" NGO Hrair Savzyan told "A1+" that one of the possible reasons for postponement is the action organized by the organization two days ago. He assured that their actions will be ongoing. "We will do everything possible to not let them. We have let them go too much."
