Tuesday, July 10 2018 16:00

ArmInfo. The Special Investigation Service gives another chance to ex- President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan to appear in the investigative body for questioning. In the  opposite case, referring to the Criminal Procedural Code of the  Republic of Armenia, the head of the department Sasun Khachatryan  promises to apply procedural coercion measures in his respect. 

Khachatryan said this on July 10 in an interview with reporters In  particular, as Khachatryan pointed out, the Armenian Criminal  Procedure Code clearly regulates the procedures for calling and  conducting questioning. A witness who did not come to the  interrogation for a valid reason must inform the body that is  carrying out the production in advance. Otherwise, it is subject to  compulsory enforcement.

In this case, according to Sasun Khachatryan, Kocharyan did not  inform the SIS about valid reasons for non-appearance in the  investigative body. The office of the second president limited itself  only saying that Robert Kocharyan is abroad and will be in Armenia  not earlier than July 25. "Taking into account the personality of the  ex-president, at this stage, the SIS did not make a decision on the  forced detention.  Questioning invitation was sent to Kocharyan again  today and was asked to appear in the SIS as a witness on the criminal  case already on July 26," explained the head of the department.

This time, Robert Kocharyan, as the head of the investigative body  pointed out, in case of failure to appear for valid reasons is  obliged to inform in advance about this, otherwise the SISS will  apply the measures of procedural coercion. According to the SIS head,  it is possible that the ex-president had good reasons to not appear  in the investigative body the previous time, but did not know that he  should inform the investigating body about this. "I hope at the  appointed time Robert Kocharyan will come for questioning," he said,  while abstaining will answer the question whether a search for the 2  nd president will be announced if he does not come for an  interrogation.