Defense will ask for excuses for ex-head of Interbank

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-  How is the trial in the case of Jahangir Hajiyev?

- A complaint has been filed against the verdict of the Baku Serious Crimes Court. In the cassation appeal, we ask you to terminate the criminal case against J. Hajiyev because he should be acquitted. I would like to note that in this case 22 people were prosecuted. At the hearing, Hajiyev and all the other accused and their lawyers asked the court to acquit Hajiyev, since he had not committed crimes.

- How does the Court of Appeal hear the case? What are your expectations?

- Our numerous requests for an objective investigation of the case in the Baku Serious Crimes Court were not satisfied. That is, the principle of a comprehensive and objective investigation of the case has been violated. Therefore, we asked the Court of Appeal to conduct at least a partial investigation. The appeal is not satisfied. In addition, we filed requests for re-examination, requests, etc., due to contradictions in the records of the forensic medical examination. These petitions were also not satisfied.

- Is not decriminalization related to the case of Jahangir Hajiyev?  What should be dome to ensure   justice and the law?

- In general, the charges against Hajiyev are connected with embezzlement and appropriation (Criminal Code 179.3.1, 179.3.2). However, we believe that the allegations have no factual and legal basis. Because the funds, which are considered allocated, are aimed at creating the bank’s assets both within the country and abroad. Recently, Chairman of the Board of the non-bank credit organization Aqrarkredit CJSC Mammad Musayev told reporters that Agrarkredit CJSC has received 9600 distressed assets from the International Bank of Azerbaijan. However, it is strange that the investigation did not evaluate IBA assets. Courts do not investigate this error in the investigation. If there are assets, then the funds spent on the creation of these assets cannot be appropriated. In an interview, it was reported that more than 3.2 billion manat was repaid. Loans are repaid and repaid. Reimbursement of loan funds began before 2015. However, there were problems with the repayment of loans after the arrest of J. Hajiyev in 2015 and the arrest of the IBA leadership. However, the main thing is that these funds are not assigned and spent on the creation of assets. For example, the Azerbaijan Industrial Corporation was created in 2017, and other assets for the corporation’s charter capital and activities are formed mainly from property owned by Aqrarkredit CJSC in exchange for assets acquired by the International Bank of Azerbaijan open joint-stock company. These facts also indicate that the case is civil, not criminal. Because, as we have already mentioned, the fact of having 9,600 assets and paying off a debt of 3.2 billion manat is ruining the criminal case against Hajiyev.

 With all this, we hope that in the end, the case will be closed and the criminal prosecution discontinued. —0—