Hraparak.am wrote:
In the case of the elected mayor of Vanadzor, Mamikon Aslanyan, and his associates, Suren Abovyan and Anahit Hovhannisyan, public prosecutor Narek Movsisyan made an indictment speech at the end of last year, requesting that the defendants be found guilty and sentenced. Mamikon Aslanyan was sentenced to 8 years and 6 months, counting the period under arrest from the sentence, Suren Abovyan was sentenced to 5 years and 6 months in prison, and Arevhat Hovhannisyan was sentenced to 3 years in prison.
After this, Aslanyan's defender Artak Oskanyan made a defense speech.
We asked Voskanyan when the decision will be published by the court, he said that the defense attorneys of the other persons involved in the case have not made a speech yet, they will be presented at tomorrow's session. It should be noted that the court will make a decision after completing the defense speeches.
It should be noted that in the summer of 2024 Mamikon Aslanyan was released from custody on a bail of 10 million drams. Aslanyan was in prison days after the victory of the pre-election bloc he led in local elections in December 2021.
He is accused of expropriating the lands of Vanadzor by creating false documents during his tenure.
His two subordinates, the lawyer and the chief architect of the community, were also charged, they were released earlier with their signatures. Aslanyan has repeatedly described the criminal case against him as political.
