Office of Robert Kocharian: The case regarding the second President  of the Republic of Armenia will last as long as the current  authorities are at the helm

ArmInfo. A year later, we continue to insist that the criminal case against the second  President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, is nothing more than a  vendetta. The head of the office of the second president of Armenia  Robert Kocharian, Viktor Soghomonyan, stated this on July 29 at a  press conference in Yerevan.

"It's already a year that political persecution by the current  authorities and personally Nikol Pashinyan is being carried out in  relation to Kocharyan. But one thing is sure, this business is  falling apart little by little, which was obvious from the start. So,  as a vendetta does not fit into the legal field, and has nothing to  do with the case of March 1, 2008, "Soghomonyan stressed.

According to him, this case is politicized and sent by the  authorities, as evidenced by the well-known record of the wiretapping  of the heads of the CAS and the National Security Service, and  serious pressure on the judges who released Kocharyan from arrest  until their criminal prosecution. At the same time, according to  Soghomonyan, the current authorities of Armenia are not limited to  pressure on Armenian judges, they are already thinking about how to  influence the ECHR.

The head of the office of the second president of the Republic of  Armenia also indicated that. Despite the "false statements of the  Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan" about the  full disclosure of the case of the events of March 1, nothing new has  been added to it this year. "The Special Investigation Service does  not have any evidence about the guilt of this or that person. The  investigating authorities did not reveal anything that was not said  or known before, no matter how the authorities tried to redraw the  modern history of our country. accusation. Kocharyan very quickly  turned from a witness into a suspect, and without hard evidence. The  testimony of the person on whose basis Kocharian was charged was  refuted by 14 other witnesses. However, the investigation he is  ignored by this fact, moreover, the judges turn a blind eye to the  lack of specifics on the incriminated charge both in terms of  overthrowing the constitutional system and in terms of the  involvement of the army in the processes. And what's the most  flagrant, Kocharyan is judged by an article that was not his  presidency. The fact of involvement of the Armed Forces in the events  of March 1 is also not proven, "said Soghomonyan, pointing out that  Kocharyan's lawyers' team had already recorded violations in the  conduct of the criminal case in at least 29 points.

At the same time, Soghomonyan drew attention to the fact that, over  the past year, nothing was made except for unsubstantiated  statements, and the constant statements about the presence of  shocking facts of Kocharyan's criminal acts are nothing more than  groundless information manipulation.  The representative of the  office of the second president pointed to the fact of open pressure  on the judges Azaryan and Grigoryan, who made decisions to change the  preventive measure of the second president.  "Moreover, for the first  time in history, the defense was not given the right to vote. I don't  remember such a case when the accused who was in court did not get  the right to vote. This is unprecedented. And today's heroes are  judges like Danielie and others like him, and we are witnesses  "justice of the bell," said Soghomonyan, once again stressing that  the case is doomed to failure, since there is not a single proof of  Kocharyan's guilt, and the prosecution is already suffering a  crushing defeat.

According to him, this business will last as long as the current  authorities are at the helm. In this context, Soghomonyan drew  parallels between the case against the second president of the  Republic of Armenia and the Dro case (1994-95 against Dashnaktsakans,  which collapsed after the resignation of the first President of  Armenia, Levon Ter-Petrosian - Ed.).

"The justice system simply bends under the pressure of this order.  Time will tell how many kopecks this case was based on lies,"  Soghomonyan said, adding that the SSS indictment contains terminology  and word of speech from the speech of the current Prime Minister's  associate Nikol Pashinyan Ter-Petrosyan at the rally in May 2008.  He  also pointed out the detrimental effect of this case on the  reputation of Armenia as a whole. According to him, he can't pass  unlawfully persecution against the president of the country, who  headed Nagorno- Karabakh during the war and defeated her, who led the  RA, fixing the economic leap. This is evidenced by the wording of the  Venice Commission, and the statement by the Ministry of Foreign  Affairs of Russia; this will also be reflected in the ECHR's verdict  on the case of March 1, 2008.