Mataghis case is Politicized by Individuals far from Jurisprudence, Ex-military Prosecutor is one of them
13:01, January 22, 2013 | News | Right to Fair Trial, Right to Life, Rights of Soldiers/Recruits | Armed ForcesThe Military Prosecutor’s Office has appealed the acquittal verdict over Mataghis case taken by the RA Shirak Region Court of Common Jurisdiction on December 18, 2012.
The journalists have recently been notified by one of the deceased soldier Roman Yeghiazaryan’s successor mother and uncle about such an intention of applying to the RA Court of Criminal Appeals over Mataghis case. They are convinced that Razmik Sargsyan, Musa Serobyan and Arayik Zalyan, who were acquitted by the Court, were the true murders of the two servicemen. As evidence, they bring out Razmik Sargsyan’s confession testimony. In the video he was giving out details over how they had murdered their fellow servicemen. In spite of this, Razmik Sargsyan had been constantly persisting that he gave such a testimony under the influence of tortures exerted against him.
Hayk Alumyan, Defense attorney of former defendants over Mataghis case mentioned the following in an interview with galatv.am, “I was sure they would submit an appeal, since, they will it or not, they must insist. During the speech they demanded the court to plead them guilty. And now if they do not submit an appeal, through it they will show that they have made a speech and demanded conviction without having grounded proofs over the iniquity of my defendants. By this act they want to demonstrate they are truly convinced in the guiltiness of my clients.”
The court proceedings over Mataghis case and the verdict of acquittal reached by the RA Shirak Region Court of Common Jurisdiction has been recently elucidated by a number of Mass media and has been labeled as a manifestation for serving political interests.
“No politics is mixed up in this issue, I am convinced that individuals far from jurisprudence intend to politicize it and Ex- military Prosecutor is one of them. I don’t know who wants to bring this issue in politics and why. I also don’t know why the other aggrieved party makes such statements. Jurisprudence is far from politics.”
To the questionn posed by GALLA what the disposition of the current Military Prosecutor’s Office is conditioned by, Hayk Alumyan responded: “They maybe in conscientious delusion. It is possible they want to save they faces, maybe they are afraid to lose their offices if it is reveal the case has been investigated on the wrong track. I don’t know, it is not easy for me to give clarifications on other’s part, but I am sure in one thing, and my conviction is 100 %. The iniquity of my clients wasn’t confirmed by the court, let them go and search for the real perpetrators, and the sooner the better. If they have decided to procrastinate, the court trials can take a long time, however it is all the same, anyone who has not realized yet will soon understand that my defendants have no association with the murder, let them go and find the true criminals. The earlier they start, the more possibility there will be to still reveal something.”
By the way, the father of diseased serviceman Movses Mkrtumyan, successor of the other aggrieved party over the case, gave detailed specifics of such circumstances at the court via which the innocence of Arayik Zalyan, Musa Serobyan and Razmik Sargsyan, who had taken the defendant’s chair, was proved. The successor submitted a motion to the court with a request to liberate the latter, reach an acquittal verdict as well as find the true perpetrator.
Source: www.galatv.am