Former mayor of Vanadzor Mamikon Aslanyan has been acquitted.

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The appellate court acquitted former mayor Mamikon Aslanyan in the case of official forgery, and the case regarding the land fraud has been terminated.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", former mayor of Vanadzor Mamikon Aslanyan was found guilty of land fraud and sentenced to four years and four months in prison. Following the voting on December 5, 2021, in the elections for the Council of Elders of Vanadzor, the majority of voters supported the opposition bloc of the current mayor Mamikon Aslanyan. The elders were supposed to elect Aslanyan as the head of the community on December 17, but the day before the elections, he was suspended from office and then arrested on charges of abuse of power. In July, a new case against Aslanyan was submitted to the court, accusing him of official forgery and abuse of power.

The anti-corruption appellate court acquitted former head of Vanadzor Mamikon Aslanyan in the case of official forgery on October 26, reports "News-Armenia".

Aslanyan himself announced the court's decision. According to him, the decision was unexpected for him. "On the article under which I was held in custody for two years and seven months, the court found me not guilty and acquitted me. And on the other episodes related to land, the statute of limitations was applied and the case was terminated," the publication quotes him as saying.

Aslanyan also stated that the court's decision evoked mixed feelings in him, but overall justice prevailed.