YEREVAN. – The Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan is currently examining the appeal against the arrest of Armen Charchyan, Director of Izmirlian Medical Center.

A demonstration in support of Charchyan is taking place at the court yard; doctors, politicians, and public figures have gathered there.

Armen Charchyan, who is also an MP candidate, is accused of forcing the aforesaid hospital’s staff to vote in Sunday’s snap parliamentary elections in Armenia. And along the lines of the criminal case under investigation, he has been remanded in custody on suspicion of committing a respective crime.

And according to the statement issued by the prosecutor's office, the fact and the content of the case in the respective recording were confirmed by the evidence obtained in this criminal case. Armen Charchyan has admitted the fact of the conversation he had with his colleagues in the morning on the day of his arrest.