On November 26th, the ROA Administrative Court partially sustained a countersuit brought by the "Investigative Journalists" NGO (IJ) against the Mayor of Ijevan. The "IJ" had petitioned the Mayor of Ijevan in writing to make available the minutes of the May 23, 2008 Ijevan Municipal Council session and the motion it passed that allowed for 930,000 drams to be allocated from the municipal budget for a leagl suit against the "IJ" for defaming the good name and character of the Ijevan Mayor. Ijevan Mayor Varujan Nersisyan had refused to hand over such documents in order to "avert their possible exploitation".The countersuit brough by the "Investigative Journalists" NGO sought 114,000 drams in damages and legal expenses from the Ijevan Mayor. The Court decision obligates the Ijevan Mayor to hand over copies of the May 23rd Council minutes to the "Investigative Journalists" NGO within 5 days from the court sentence being declared. In addition, the Court decided to have 8,000 drams appropriated from the Ijevan Municipality's budget to go to the Investigative Journalists NGO as compensation. The additional 106,000 drams sought by the "IJ" was ruled down by the Court.