The RA Investigative Committee issued a clarification regarding the acquittal of Misha Gyurdjian, the leader of the Martakert community of the Republic of Artsakh, which is just a legal "mischief".
In this proceeding, the defense of the head of the community was undertaken by the head of the "Legist" law office, attorney Arsen Babayan. Thus, 1) First, let's address the issue of "political speculation" considered inadmissible by the investigative committee.
Since the beginning of the criminal prosecution against Misha Gyurjian, it has been a vivid example of direct political persecution defined by many international acts. The mentioned fact is confirmed by the fact that the name change of the car in the same way, as a result of which an accusation was presented to the head of the community, was made as a result of long negotiations with the Government of the Republic of Armenia, directly on the advice of the representatives of the Government. This is also evidenced by the fact that the Government of the Republic of Armenia, by Resolution No. 1614-N adopted on October 10, 2024, established the same regulation as was previously proposed during the consultations.
And in the end, referring to this same decision of the RA government with the prosecutor's decision to stop the criminal prosecution against Misha Gyurjian five months later officially confirmed the entire alleged legal process as a pure political process. The fact that the Republic of Armenia could not in any way initiate a criminal prosecution for the alleged criminal act committed against the Martakert community.
At the same time, bearing in mind the official position of the Republic of Armenia that this community is the community of the Republic of Azerbaijan, criminal prosecution against Misha Gyurjian could be initiated only if the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan approached the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia.
There was no such official application in the materials of the proceedings provided to the defender. 2) The claim of the CC that the criminal proceedings were substantiated that: "during the period of registration of the car in his name, the accused submitted references, decisions that did not correspond to reality or did not exist and that has made the mentioned car his own for free and illegally" is an attempt to distort reality and is a lie in its entirety. No reference was submitted to register the name change of the car.
The presented decision of the Council of Elders fully corresponded to the reality, which was also confirmed by the decision made by the prosecutor. In particular, on behalf of the CC, the defense attorney Arsen Babayan received the decision of the Council of Elders in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the RA in the first days of the preliminary investigation, the relevant power of attorney and presented it to the CC as evidence.
This was a process that, although the KP was obliged to carry out on its own, it stubbornly refused to do so. At the same time, defender A. Babayan presented to the investigative committee the clarification received from the head of the relevant department of the RA Internal Affairs Police that all the documents underlying the registration process, except for the decision of the council of elders (contract, power of attorney, etc.) were created by the relevant department of the RA Internal Affairs Police, through a special system, i.e. Previously, no such document was presented by the head of the community, which is why, five months ago, the defender completely denied the investigator's claim that non-existent or untrue information was presented. Moreover, with the preliminary investigation carried out during these five months, the investigation committee was not able to substantiate the opposite, and thus, the fact presented by the defender was taken as a basis for stopping the criminal prosecution. The fact that the decision of the council of elders is completely legal is also confirmed by the lawyer's interrogations made by the defense attorney, which were presented to the investigator.
According to the aforementioned decision of the prosecutor, the testimonies of the members of the council of elders of Martakert community were also used as the basis for the acquittal of the head of the community. The members of the Council specifically informed that Misha Gyurjian moved the vehicle from the Republic of Artsakh to the Republic of Armenia, which is only a positive and welcome step. In other words, it was not left to the enemy. As for the name change of the car, the members of the council have testified that they decided by their own will and vote that the car should be donated in the name of the only legitimate person, the head of the community, Misha Gyurjian, in order to get rid of the circumstances hindering its further operation. That decision was fair and fully served its fair purpose. 3) In a statement, the investigative committee claimed that the existence of the aforementioned decision of the Government of the Republic of Armenia significantly reduced the public danger of the act, which allegedly became a reason to stop the criminal prosecution. This is nothing more than a legal "abuse". Although there is such content in the reasoning part of the prosecutor's decision to stop the criminal prosecution on the grounds of justification, it is just a hopeless attempt to not admit one's own guilt and thus exclude political prosecution.
It is a fact that by the same decision, the prosecutor confirmed that Misha Gyurjian, the head of the Martakert community of the Artsakh Republic, did not commit the act he was accused of, which is the most basic and the first basis for acquittal according to the criminal procedure. during the prosecution, the investigative committee worked on this case for only 16 days.
In other words, keeping the person as an accused for five months in this proceeding was solely motivated by political revenge. "LEGIST" law office.
