On November 9, RA Administrative Court rejected “Asparez” club journalist Levon Barseghyan’s claim vs. RA president’s staff. Plaintiff claimed that court oblige presidential staff to provide him with ex-President Robert Kocharyan’s letter to Millennium Challenges director John Danilovich. The letter was a response to warning-notice dated March 11, 2008.
Administrative Court argued that ex-President’s letter to Millennium Challenges Director could not be considered satisfactory under RA law “On Freedom of Information”. According to court verdict, “the letter, as well as parties’ notes on bilateral negotiation process, cannot be considered information.” Only agreements or decisions can apply to the category.
Immediately following March 1, 2008 developments, Millennium Challenges General Director John Danilovich addressed a letter to RA Presdient Robert Kocharyan, expressing his concerns. In his letter Danilovich also said that incident would not affect Millennium Challenges funding program, Asparez club NGO’s press service reports.
