According to the information “Zhoghovurd” daily possesses, the detention as a preventive measure against National Assembly deputy General Manvel Grigoryan may be changed in the near future and he may be released, because of health problems. “Zhoghovurd” daily had an interview with MP Manvel Grigoryan’s defender Arsen Mkrtchyan.
– Does Manvel Grigoryan continue denying the accusation against him, or has anything changed?
– The charge is terrible. It cannot be admitted even in case of a great desire. The disposition of Article 179 states that he has misappropriated or wasted the property of another person entrusted to him. That is, the article provides that one should entrust that property. There is no such person in this case. This is such an unserious Facebook accusation that there is even no sense to defend oneself from it.
– What about the video the National Security Service has published?
– The video was edited and made available to the public so that it could form a public opinion in certain groups, who support certain persons and are happy that the Artsakh hero is accused of such a case. Of course, people who have analytical skills have realized that this was a Facebook campaign. The Special Investigative Service had to make an accusation based on public demand, videos, cartoons, etc. This accusation was in favor of us: Manvel Grigoryan had no formal contact with the army in 2008, how could he deal with soldiers’ food, and who has handed it to him?
– Perhaps, the preliminary investigation will find out that.
– But no one has handed anything to him. He was in Karabakh then. I was with him. He left for Karabakh on April 2 and returned after the war when that food already…he could not even be aware of that. He was not at the scene when the food was found. The latter was found in the director’s room, but Manvel Grigoryan has not visited the company for thirty years, the territory was given for rent for a long time. This investigation was not carried out at his presence. It was done and delivered to the public for some reasons.
Mary MARTIROSYAN
