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RULING OVER ARMENIAN UNIVERSITY RECTOR CASE DUE ON DEC. 1
TERT.AM
06.12.12
The dispute between the head of a major Armenian University and the
Ministry of Education and Science seems to be nearing its end, with
a new court hearing scheduled for December 17.
The Unifree organization, which supports Rector of the Yerevan State
Linguistic University (YSLU) Suren Zolyan, has said in a statement
that the Ministry has not so far provided an exhaustive answer to an
earlier question whether decision to declare Zolyan's participation
in the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages (which
served as grounds for sacking Zolyan earlier this year) can be
considered proportional.
According to the statement, the previous hearing was held on December
5, Gohar Avetisyan, a coordinator for Unifree, told Tert.am.
Zolyan's lawyer, Liana Grigoryan, reiterated the plaintiff's claim,
i.e. to reinstate Zolyan as a rector, reimburse him for the outage
and declare Education Minister Armen Ashotyan's decree null and void.
But the respondent objected to the proposal, as well as a commission
act for launching inspections at the university. The hearing revealed,
however, that the limitation period had expired for the violations
observed earlier.
Though the December 5 court session was expected to be the last, the
judge had to appoint another hearing before making the ruling public.
Speaking to Tert.am, Narek Samsonyan, an activist student campaigning
for Zolyan's reinstatement said, "The proceeding shows that the things
move towards restoring justice, but I don't know whether the ruling
will reflect that."
Ashotyan signed the decree on sacking Zolyan as the YSLU rector on
April 17, 2012.
From: A. Papazian
TERT.AM
06.12.12
The dispute between the head of a major Armenian University and the
Ministry of Education and Science seems to be nearing its end, with
a new court hearing scheduled for December 17.
The Unifree organization, which supports Rector of the Yerevan State
Linguistic University (YSLU) Suren Zolyan, has said in a statement
that the Ministry has not so far provided an exhaustive answer to an
earlier question whether decision to declare Zolyan's participation
in the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages (which
served as grounds for sacking Zolyan earlier this year) can be
considered proportional.
According to the statement, the previous hearing was held on December
5, Gohar Avetisyan, a coordinator for Unifree, told Tert.am.
Zolyan's lawyer, Liana Grigoryan, reiterated the plaintiff's claim,
i.e. to reinstate Zolyan as a rector, reimburse him for the outage
and declare Education Minister Armen Ashotyan's decree null and void.
But the respondent objected to the proposal, as well as a commission
act for launching inspections at the university. The hearing revealed,
however, that the limitation period had expired for the violations
observed earlier.
Though the December 5 court session was expected to be the last, the
judge had to appoint another hearing before making the ruling public.
Speaking to Tert.am, Narek Samsonyan, an activist student campaigning
for Zolyan's reinstatement said, "The proceeding shows that the things
move towards restoring justice, but I don't know whether the ruling
will reflect that."
Ashotyan signed the decree on sacking Zolyan as the YSLU rector on
April 17, 2012.
From: A. Papazian