MP Mher Sahakyan acquitted on one count and found guilty on another

In connection with the incident that took place in the Parliament on March 31, 2023, the criminal court of the city of Yerevan announced a verdict regarding Opposition MP Mher Sahakyan, lawyer Ruben Melikyan said.

“The court decided:

1) to acquit Sahakyan on a hooliganism charge (Part 1 of Article 297 of the Criminal Code);

2) to reclassify the article of causing slight harm to health with an aggravating circumstance (Part 2 of Article 171 of the Code of Criminal Procedure) to the article of causing slight harm without aggravating circumstances (Part 1 of the same article), and to hold Sahakyan guilty.

Additional court hearings are scheduled for Oct. 1,” Melikyan noted.