Attacks on Judges Intensify: New Bribery Report Emerges

The newspaper 'Jiraga' reports that 'pressures against the judiciary are gaining momentum. A citizen has reported bribery to the police. A citizen named Armen Khaloyan approached the police on January 5, Easter, and informed that Lova Grigoryan, a judge of the Court of Appeal since 2001, and Varuzhan Abelian, a retired judge of the Court of Cassation, demanded money from him for 'making a fair decision.'

Khaloyan expressed dissatisfaction to law enforcement that between 2004-2006, to issue a decision in his favor, the mentioned judges demanded $3,000 from him. The police, of course, fulfilled their duty and promptly sent the documents to the Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia.

However, this case raises numerous questions:

1. Why did citizen Khaloyan remain silent about the incident for 20 years?
2. If we assume he was afraid to report it during the previous government, why hasn't he done so after the revolution five years ago? Nikol Pashinyan has been in power for more than five years.
3. Who directed the citizen to report the judges, and what was the expectation?
4. Is the citizen unaware that a case of alleged crime that occurred 18-20 years ago cannot lead to a judicial conclusion due to the statute of limitations?
5. What information has the citizen provided? Did he actually pay the requested bribe during 2004-2006?
6. If he did give the bribe and remained silent, then he is equally culpable, as giving and receiving bribes are actions subject to equal responsibility.

The newspaper 'Jiraga' will follow this topic to uncover the details about any concealed political implications involved or if there are none at all.