DEFENDERS CHALLENGE JUDGE
Today at 12:00 in the community court of Shengavit the defenders of seven arrested challenged the judge Mnacakan Martirosyan. In particular, Stepan Voskanyan, the defender of the former mayor of Abovyan Grigor Voskerchyan announced that the defender’s side has justified suspicion over the fairness and objectivity of the judge. According to him, the judge has “unsubstantiated rejected the mediation of the defending side, in particular, to investigate additional witnesses and additional material”. The other defenders have also agreed to challenge the judge.
The injured party has also joined the defenders, especially the head of “Heritage” fraction Armen Martirosyan, who announced that PACE Monitoring Commission has announced the trial unjustified.
The accuser’s party announced that the defenders’ proposal should be rejected, as their argumentations are unsubstantiated.