ArmInfo. Second Armenian President Robert Kocharian has already arrived in the Special Investigative Service, where he is currently being questioned as a witness related to the case of March 1, 2008 events. ArmInfo was informed about this by the Service.
CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachturov has also arrived to the Special Investigative Service to be questioned as a witness , as he had served as the head of the Yerevan garrison on March 1, 2008. Journalists have not yet managed to talk with Kocharyan. However, they managed to ask Khachaturov whether he fears that during the investigation his witness status will change to the status of the accused. Khachaturov answered briefly: "No". Other details of the process are not known yet.
To note Kocharyan's questioning will be recorded on his demand but will not be made public. The head of the office of the second president Victor Soghomonyan had assured earlier that Kocharyan is personally interested in disclosing the events of March 1, so that henceforth his name will not be speculated. "If all the processes take place on a legal rather than a political basis , Kocharyan has nothing to fear," Soghomonyan assured, while expressing bewilderment at the new formulations that appeared in the case. "For example, according to the materials of the cases, it turns out that the former government, which according to the norms of the Constitution, was responsible for securing the constitutional order, itself tried to overthrow it, and opposition presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who collected only 21.5% of the vote and proclaiming himself president, tried to preserve the constitutional order, it is nothing but legal nonsense, "Soghomonyan said. The former Defense Minister Mikael Harutyunyan is being charged with the case.