"Zhoghovurd" daily writes:
"The noisy story about the secretary of the ruling faction Artur Hovhannisyan has entered the criminal stage. In response to the inquiry of the "Zhoghovurd" daily newspaper, the RA Investigative Committee officially confirmed that criminal proceedings were initiated in the investigation department of the Shengavit administrative district under the features of Article 507, Part 1 of the RA Criminal Code (failure to comply with the legal act of the court).
This act provides for a penalty of a fine of up to ten times, or public works for a maximum of one hundred hours, or restriction of liberty for a maximum of one year, or short-term imprisonment for a maximum of one month, or imprisonment for a maximum of one year.
This is the soft part. But since Artur Hovhannisyan is an official, and according to Edgar Ghazaryan, the non-execution of the judgment is an act provided for in part 2 of the same article, which was carried out by using official or official powers or the influence caused by them, shall be punished by a fine of a maximum of twenty times, or public works for a period of eighty to one hundred and fifty hours, or restriction of freedom for a maximum period of two years, or short-term imprisonment for a maximum period of two months. or imprisonment for a maximum period of two years. The Investigative Committee informed "Zhoghovurd" daily newspaper that at this stage "necessary investigative and procedural actions provided by the RA Criminal Procedure Code are being carried out in order to find out all the circumstances of the case".
To remind, according to public information, the process was started on the basis of Edgar Ghazaryan's report and refers to the non-material part of the court's decision, the obligation to apologize publicly. Whether the preliminary investigation will lead to the laying of charges against the MP, for which Chief Prosecutor Anna Vardapetyan must go to the National Assembly for permission to charge, will become clear in the next stages of the investigation.
The Zhoghovurd daily is consistent with this topic, and it is necessary to inform that Artur Hovhannisyan has already informed the law enforcement officers that the verdict was made in such a way that an apology through the 1st news channel and the NA news channel are not appropriate means for the CP faction secretary. Meanwhile, he can calmly send a letter to the mass media and the NA information department, asking to give him the opportunity to fulfill the sentence. Why he did not do it, what answer he received is still unclear.
Let's remind that Artur Hovhannisyan is the person who in 2017 the police found 0.24 mg of drugs in his car, he was arrested and criminal proceedings were initiated. Now, a second proceeding has been initiated against Artur Hovhannisyan, this time on the basis of non-execution of the verdict.
Details in today's issue of "Zhoghovurd" daily.
