Criminal proceedings to be initiated against Armenia`s Minister of Finance

ArmInfo. The Court of Appeal has  ordered the Anti-Corruption Court to initiate criminal proceedings  against the Minister of Finance of Armenia Vahe Hovhannisyan. This  information was shared by the Rector of the Academy of Advocates, Ara  Zohrabyan,  on his Facebook page. 

He, in particular, noted: "As you may recall, on December 4, 2024, a  group of lawyers and I filed an application with the Prosecutor  General's Office of the Republic of Armenia requesting the initiation  of criminal proceedings against the Minister of Finance of the  Republic of Armenia, Vahe Hovhannisyan, for actions involving a  corruption risk.  On December 25, 2024, the investigator from the  Anti-Corruption Committee B. Chilingaryan, declined to start criminal  proceedings. Despite subsequent complaints  to the Prosecutor  General's Office and then to the RA Anti-Corruption Court, the  decisions of 07.01.2025 and 27.02.2025, rejected our appeals.  Today,  on April 3, 2025, the RA Anti-Corruption Court of Appeal (Judge Karen  Amiryan) overturned the decision of the Anti-Corruption Court from  27.02.2025 and issued a new judicial order requiring the initiation  of  criminal proceedings against a public participant in the case".