Hatspanyan’s trial postponed
The Administrative Court postponed the hearing of the lawsuit filed by citizen of France, freedom fighter and ex-political prisoner, Sargis Hatspanyan.
This was the second trial, but as Hatspanyan told "A1+", it only lasted five minutes. "The trial started, the judge entered, opened his notebook and declared that the trial would be postponed to January 19," Sargis Hatspanyan said.
Hatspanyan is appealing the decision of the Department for Passports and Visas of the RA Police, which has denied his appeal for RA citizenship due to the existence of Robert Kocharyan's decree on Hatspanyan's exile.
Hatspanyan is surprised by the way that the court is acting by postponing the trial for a long period without any explanation. "Nobody is interested in my lawsuit or my issue. I am starting to get disappointed. I don't understand this. This is simply absurd. For the first time, they want to exile a Diaspora Armenian, but he sets his feet firm on the ground," Hatspanyan said.
Hatspanyan noted that with this, the government is trying to create a precedent and show Diaspora Armenians that the same thing can happen to them as well.
Sargis Hatspanyan is rest assured that something like this would cause uproar, if it happened in Europe.
Hatspanyan says if the Administrative Court refuses to
uphold his appeal and ifother court instances do the same, he will appeal to the European Court.
