YEREVAN. – The investigation into the case launched against Armenia’s ex-presidential contender, non-party affiliate and epic poetry specialist Vardan Sedrakyan is completed, the Sirunyan Law Office informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.   

“The [National Security Service] NSS Department of Investigation submitted us the copies of the materials on the criminal case; they are being studied at present, [and] comments will be made next week,” they further informed.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, capital city Yerevan’s Kentron and Nork-Marash General Jurisdiction Court on March 5 sentenced Vardan Sedrakyan to two months in prison. The National Security Service had filed a petition to have Sedrakyan incarcerated.  

The former presidential candidate is charged with giving the directive for the failed assassination attempt against fellow ex-presidential contender, opposition National Self-Determination Union Chairman, Paruyr Hayrikyan. 

Sedrakyan’s attorney, Aleksandr Sirunyan,  appealed the ruling on Sedrakyan’s detention, and also petitioned to the investigator to present the grounds for the charge. But the appeal on Sedrakyan’s detention was turned down on March 18. They petitioned to the Court of Cassation. 

Separately, the National Security Service on Tuesday laid new charges against Vardan Sedrakyan.