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The Yerevan Court of Shengavit district under the presiding Judge Davit Balayan rejected the motion to dismiss the lawsuit against the head of Armenia’s Oversight Service Davit Sanasaryan suspended from office. Sanasaryan is charged with interfering in public procurement through misuse of official position.
The decision announced on Wednesday was the second over the past two months brought by Sanasaryan’s lawyer who had also petitioned to refer the case to the Constitutional Court of Armenia.

To remind, corruption charges were brought against Sanasaryan by Armenia’s National Security Service as part of the criminal case launched in February, involving two senior officers of the Oversight Service suspected in misconduct. The NSS said they colluded with a company sponsored by them in order to ensure its victory in a state procurement of equipment for three medical facilities. Sanasaryan, who is temporarily suspended from office at the request of prosecutors, strongly denies any wrongdoing.