ArmInfo. The second president of Armenia Robert Kocharian is not surprised by the statement of the Prime Minister of RA Nikol Pashinyan that he assumes political responsibility for all the arrests that will have a political sound. Armenian second president Robert Kocharian stated in an interview to Yerevan Today.
"We are a member of the Council of Europe, and this can not but have consequences for Armenia, a statement that even dictators do not act in such a direct form." The prime minister takes responsibility for the detention, which he, according to the Constitution, does not has the right to violate the Constitution in a brutal way, but also a whole series of laws, which is the failure of the constitutional order, I understand that there are people who are too enthusiastic during the rallies and can say anything but a statesman in first oche should be such that his language does not run ahead of the thought, because the consequences for the country can be just tragic, and, by the way, the issue of democracy in Armenia is already planned to be discussed at the Council of Europe and the PACE Monitoring Group, "Kocharian said. Concerning the recording of the telephone conversation of the heads of the National Security Service and the SSS, Kocharian stated that he is evidence of pressure on the court. "All our statements that the case is political, that it is political persecution, that it has nothing to do with the disclosure of the events of March 1, 2008, and pursues the sole purpose of arresting me, was confirmed." In any state, not only in countries with a developed democracy, after such a scandal, these people had to resign, ask the society for their deed, for their crime, and ask for forgiveness from me, but we have a different picture. "They went on the offensive and began to speculate again on March 1" , - Kocharyan stated.
According to him, the whole process is directed by the Prime Minister. "This is not an initiative of the director of the National Security Service, he is just a performer, but he performs with enthusiasm and pleasure, therefore I say that there was a tyrant in Armenia, this was the essence of the revolution," Kocharian said. The remark that the Prime Minister and his team affirm that, if the political persecution, the court would not have let him go, Kocharyan replied: "Today I am free for one reason, because the judge of the Court of Appeal who considered my case is known as incorruptible and a principled man, by the way, in this atmosphere, under such pressure, the judge must have the inner strength to withstand all this. " Referring to the situation in the country, he described it as Bolshevism. "I am convinced that the thinking part of our people, analyzing, is very well aware of what is happening in Armenia today, and what threats may emerge from such policies, similar approaches," Robert Kocharian stated.
According to him, the most dangerous thing is that quite broad masses are drawn into illegal actions. As an example, the second president cited criminal cases involving numerous investigators and civil servants. The ex-president advised these people not to fall under the temptation of the situation, because after some time they will have to answer. "I think that in the not so distant, and even rather soon, they will have to keep an answer," Kocharian said. The ex-president noted that it is therefore necessary to adhere to the laws, not to carry out illegal assignments, which for some time will have to be answered by law.
"This is very important, since the leaders will move aside, they will say that they have nothing to do with it, because according to the law they will really have nothing to do with it," he said.
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