Oppositionist: Renewed motion for Robert Kocharyan`s arrest filed

ArmInfo. At 8:00 a.m. local time on August 26, the arrest warrant for Armenia's second president,  Robert Kocharyan, expired, after which the competent authorities  issued a new warrant, which will remain in effect for another 24  hours. Levon Kocharyan, a member of the National Assembly of Armenia  from the opposition Armenia faction and the second president's son,  announced this in a conversation with journalists in the Armenian  parliament.

According to him, an attempt was made to bring Robert Kocharyan to  court on August 25, but due to his health problems, doctors prevented  this. "Today at 8 a.m., the decision to arrest the second president  of Armenia expired.

After that, a new decision was made, which will also be in effect for  24 hours. The goal is to bring Robert Kocharyan to court by any means  necessary," the MP noted.

Levon Kocharyan added that it was premature to discuss his arrest, as  the Prosecutor General of Armenia would have to appear in parliament  and request that his parliamentary immunity be stripped. "Generally  speaking, all of this is happening under unfair and unequal  conditions, since there is such a thing as the secrecy of the  preliminary investigation, and while they say whatever they want, you  are forced to remain silent. But I think they won't want to resort to  that (stripping Kocharyan's immunity - ed.) at this stage. 

Because, in the case of the Prosecutor General, she would have to  answer questions and explain everything," the opposition leader  believes. The MP is convinced that the current government simply  needs news coverage of law enforcement officers breaking into homes  and making arrests.

As a reminder, on August 25, National Security Council officers  searched the apartment of Levon Kocharyan, a member of the opposition  Armenia faction and son of second president Robert Kocharyan, and  companies affiliated with the Kocharyan family. Robert Kocharyan and  Sedrak Kocharyan were then detained and taken to the Anti-Corruption  Committee for questioning. However, Robert Kocharyan's condition,  which had undergone heart surgery about two weeks earlier,  deteriorated sharply and he was hospitalized. Robert Kocharyan was  charged that same day with large-scale money laundering, abuse of  office, and accepting a large bribe. Nine other individuals were also  charged in the case. It should be noted that Armenia's  Anti-Corruption Committee previously reported that the motion to  arrest second President Robert Kocharyan would be considered by the  court after he undergoes the required medical examination.

On August 26, 2026, Armenia's Anti-Corruption Committee announced  that four of the six individuals detained the previous day had been  placed under arrest. Another defendant, according to the source, was  placed under house arrest. The Committee also reported that third  President Serzh Sargsyan, also implicated in the case, had been  placed under a travel restriction.