The court case FOICA vs. “Prosperous Armenia” Party was discontinued, as the Party had provided the whole asked information before the court hearing.
On April 25, 2012, the Freedom of Information Center of Armenia sent an information request to the “Prosperous Armenia” Party asking to provide information on finances spent for pre-electoral campaign. The Party has left unanswered the FOICA’s information request. Thus, on May 16, 2012, the Freedom of Information Center sent the second information request to the “Prosperous Armenia” Party asking to provide the abovementioned information. The FOICA’s second information request also was left unanswered. As a result, on July 2, 2012, the FOICA applied to the First Instance Court of the General Competence of Arabkir and Qanaqer-Zeytun administrative districts asking to oblige the “Prosperous Armenia” Party to provide the whole requested information within 5 days.
Before the first court hearing, on September 4, 2012, the “Prosperous Armenia” Party has provided the whole asked information and has asked the court to discontinue the case.
Thus, the FOICA applied to the court mentioning that FOICA had no objection if the Court discontinues the court case by a condition that either the court solves the issue of compensation of the legal expenses made by the FOICA, or the Party compensates the legal expenses on its own initiative. Before the next court hearing the “Prosperous Armenia” Party has compensated the legal expenses made by FOICA on its own initiative and provided the whole requested information. Thus, at the court hearing which took place on October 2, 2012, the court case FOICA vs. “Prosperous Armenia” Party was discontinued (information about the court case is available on https://foi.am/en/court-cases/4238).
