Kocharian Again Sues Pashinian
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Former President Robert Kocharian has filed another defamation lawsuit against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian just days after being cleared of coup charges.
A lawyer for Kocharian, Hayk Alumian, told RFE/RL’s Armenian service on Thursday that he is seeking 4 million drams ($7,500) in damages and a public retraction of what he regards as slanderous claims made by Pashinian during a March 1 rally in Yerevan.
Addressing supporters at the city’s Republic Square, Pashinian accused Kocharian of ordering security forces to shoot and kill opposition protesters in Yerevan in March 2008. He again claimed that investigators have solved the killings of eight protesters and two police servicemen during the post-election unrest and that the ex-president is dragging out his trial to obstruct justice.
Armenian currency depreciated by 5 drams in just 5 days, says former official
Armenia s national currency, the dram, has heavily depreciated in just five days, the former chief of staff of Armenia’s Constitutional Court and former ambassador to Poland, Edgar Ghazaryan, said on Wednesday.
“I promised to address the issue of the AMD exchange rate when it hits 540 drams. It happened on April 7, 2021. 1 dollar rose to 535 drams on April 2. In just 5 days, the Armenian currency has depreciated by 5 drams. In fact, if 60 drams are added to $1 now, it will be possible to buy three “branded” eggs priced at 200 drams each,” he wrote on Facebook.
Justice Minister Unhappy With Court Ruling In Favor Of Kocharian
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Justice Minister Rustam Badasian deplored on Wednesday an Armenian court’s decision to throw out coup charges brought against former President Robert Kocharian in connection with the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan.
A Yerevan judge presiding over the two-year trial of Kocharian and three other former officials made the decision on Tuesday ten days after the charges were declared unconstitutional by Armenia’s Constitutional Court.
The high court argued that they cannot be prosecuted for the alleged “overthrow of the constitutional order” because there was no such article in the country’s former Criminal Code which was in force during the events of March 2008.
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Court ends prosecution of Armenia’s ex-defense minister under Article 300.1
The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction on Tuesday ruled to end the criminal prosecution against Armenia’s former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan under Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code due to the lack of corpus delicti.
Judge Anna Danibekyan presiding over the trial also lifted a signature bond as a measure of restraint on Ohanyan, as well as the attachment of his movable and immovable property and assets.
The ruling came after Armenia’s Constitutional Court declared Article 300.1 concerning “overthrow of the constitutional order” unconstitutional and invalid on 26 March, stating it runs counter to Articles 78 and 79 of the Constitution dealing with the principles of proportionality and certainty.