The appeal hearing brought by Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan, seeking to overturn a district investigator’s decision to drop slander charges against the newspaper "Azatamtutyun", wrapped up today at the Kentron and Nork-Marash District Court. MP Postanjyan is appealing the decision of Central District Investigator Ashot Mkhitaryan to drop slander charges against the newspaper. Investigator Mkhitaryan found that the newspaper’s reporters had merely presented their evaluation of MP Postanjyan’s professional activities and that they had no intention of defaming her. Present in the court for the first time was the plaintiff, MP Postanjyan, Raffi Hovhannisyan, founder of the Heritage Party, and fellow part MP Anahit Bakhshyan. MP Postanjyan’s legal representative Hayk Alumyan warned the court that if the decision was allowed to stand, he would use the same adjective used to describe his client (a second rate porno star) to describe the professional actions of the investigator, prosecutor and the court. After Mr. Alumyan made his statement, Prosecutor Sergey Abrahamyan responded by saying that the language of blackmail shouldn’t be used in court. When Hetq asked Mr. Alumyan why he had resorted to such threats the attorney answered, "This isn’t a threat. I promise not to restrict my language when describing their professional work. If they see it as a threat it just means that they don’t like how others are evaluating their work in court. It means that others see certain differences between them and MP Postanjyan. I also see such differences but for the benefit of Mrs. Postanjyan." The court will issue its decision on March 26.