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On 30 July the Cassation Court of Armenia adjourned the court hearing on the case initiated by “EcoDar” NGO against the Armenian Government and ACP Company for uncertain time period. “EcoDar” NGO filed an appeal to the Cassation Court against the decision reached by the Administrative Court which rejected to try the case demanding to stop Teghout Copper and Molybdenum Mine development. Judge Slava Sargsyan didn’t clarify the plaintiffs what are the reasons for adjourning the hearing for uncertain period. Under “EcoDar” NGO Barrister Hayk Alumyan this deed is not a lawful one, as proceeding participants must know what the reasons for postponing the court hearing are.
“You may notice how the judge spoke: he is not familiar with this case: serious mistakes were made when announcing the proceeding participants’ names: “Ekador” instead of “Ekodar”, “Armenian Copper Progress” instead of “Armenian Copper Program” etc.”
The barrister supposes adjourning this hearing is conditioned by the following: in September the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee in Geneva shall try the report of filed by “EcoDar” NGO and Transparency International Anticorruption Center on violating the provisions of the Aarhus Convention in the process of developing and implementing the Teghout program, while the court is waiting for its decision.
July 30, 2010