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YEREVAN. – The Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia has not yet received the capital city Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction’s decision on denying the petition that former Deputy Prime Minister and ex-Secretary of the National Security Council,  Armen Gevorgyan, be remanded in custody.

Arevik Khachatryan, head of the public relations division at the attorney general’s office, told about the above-said to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“Once getting the court decision, it will be discussed at the prosecutor’s office, and it will be clear whether or not it will be appealed,” Khachatryan added.

The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction on Friday denied the Special Investigation Service’s petition that Armen Gevorgyan—who was serving as Secretary of the National Security Council during the events that occurred in downtown Yerevan, in March 2008—be remanded in custody.

It became known Wednesday that several new criminal charges had been filed against Gevorgyan; they are: taking a very large bribe by an official, committing very large-scale money laundering, and aiding in breaching Armenia’s constitutional order.

Gevorgyan was already charged with obstruction of justice in connection with the criminal case into the tragic events that occurred in Yerevan, in March 2008. The investigative agency had enforced a signature bond to not leave Armenia as a preventive measure for him.

On March 1 and 2, 2008 the then authorities of Armenia used force against the opposition members who were rallying in downtown Yerevan, and against the results of the presidential election on February 19, 2008. Eight demonstrators as well as two servicemen of the internal troops were killed in the clashes. But no one had been brought to account for these deaths, to this day.

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