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12 July 2000 - 12:02 AMT

THE GENERAL PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE OF RNK THINKS THE LAWYER OF THE EX-MINISTER OF DEFENSE SAMVEL BABAYAN DELIBERATELY DRAGS OUT THE EXAMINATION OF CRIMINAL CASE MATERIALS

12.07.2000, MEDIAMAX, YEREVAN. The lawyer of the ex-minister of defense of RNK Samvel Babayan, accused of organizing a terrorist act against the president of RNK Arkady Ghukasian on March 22, 2000, drags out the examination of criminal case materials, reading 15-20 pages daily.
As the correspondent of MEDIAMAX reports, about this declared in Stepanakert the first deputy general prosecutor of RNK, the head of the investigation group on the case of the attempt upon the life of the president of RNK Aramayis Avagian.
The head of the investigation group stressed that such paces do not suit also the client himself, as, according to him, Samvel Babayan has also expressed his discontent with such sluggishness.
Aramayis Avagian didn’t exclude that in case lawyer Zhudeks Shakarian adheres to such behavior in future, the investigator may take a decision to fix certain terms for getting acquainted with the materials. A. Avagian informed that the examination of the cases of the other accused will be over in the nearest future. The criminal case on the fact of the attempt on the life of the president of RNK Arkady Ghukasian comprises 15 volumes. –0–