Yerevan court allows opposition MP to leave for PACE spring session
The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction has allowed opposition Hayastan faction MP Armen Gevorgyan to travel to Strasbourg to attend the spring plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Presiding judge Anna Danibekyan on Tuesday granted a motion filed by Gevorgyan’s lawyer Lusine Sahakyan to allow her client to leave for the session planned for 25-28 April after rejecting similar requests previously.
Given that the lawmaker is going to raise issues related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in Strasbourg, the court allowed him to travel abroad.
Gevorgyan has been charged with corruption and money laundering as part of a criminal case also involving Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan.