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Lernapat Mayor Drops Comp Demand from 1 Million to 1 AMD Against Hetq Reporter
hetq
00:06, January 14, 2012
During the January 13 preliminary hearing at the Vanadzor Court, in
which Lernapat Mayor Vano Yeghiazaryan is suing Hetq reporter Adrineh
Torosyan for slander, the plaintiff changed his financial compensatory
demand from 1 million AMD to a mere 1 AMD.
Mayor Yeghiazaryan is suing over an August 2011 Hetq article (`The
word `to graze' directed at the mayor cost 1 million') by Adrineh
Torosyan, covering a judicial dispute between the mayor and local
resident Gevorg Melkonyan.
In his original lawsuit Mayor Yeghiazaryan had demanded that Hetq
issue a public retraction of the `insulting and defamatory'
information, publish an apology and 1 million AMD in compensation,
including legal fees.
The dispute resulted from an article in the newspaper Zhamanak
entitled `Remove This Turk from Our Midst' in which a number of
Lernapat residents, including Gevorg Melkonyan, expressed their
displeasure regarding the mayor's work performance. Residents also
called the mayor a few choice names.
Due to the plaintiff's motion, the trial has been postponed until February 14.
Photo: Adrineh Torosyan's attorneys Tigran Yegoryan and Lousineh Hakobyan
hetq
00:06, January 14, 2012
During the January 13 preliminary hearing at the Vanadzor Court, in
which Lernapat Mayor Vano Yeghiazaryan is suing Hetq reporter Adrineh
Torosyan for slander, the plaintiff changed his financial compensatory
demand from 1 million AMD to a mere 1 AMD.
Mayor Yeghiazaryan is suing over an August 2011 Hetq article (`The
word `to graze' directed at the mayor cost 1 million') by Adrineh
Torosyan, covering a judicial dispute between the mayor and local
resident Gevorg Melkonyan.
In his original lawsuit Mayor Yeghiazaryan had demanded that Hetq
issue a public retraction of the `insulting and defamatory'
information, publish an apology and 1 million AMD in compensation,
including legal fees.
The dispute resulted from an article in the newspaper Zhamanak
entitled `Remove This Turk from Our Midst' in which a number of
Lernapat residents, including Gevorg Melkonyan, expressed their
displeasure regarding the mayor's work performance. Residents also
called the mayor a few choice names.
Due to the plaintiff's motion, the trial has been postponed until February 14.
Photo: Adrineh Torosyan's attorneys Tigran Yegoryan and Lousineh Hakobyan