ArmInfo. I think that the name of the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan should not be associated with the events of March 1, 2008, MP of the National Assembly of Armenia, former police chief Alik Sargsyan said at a press conference on July 25.
He noted that he did not want to discuss the topic in detail, but stressed that it is wrong to link these events with the second president of Armenia. "The current government was at the epicenter of these events, and I am sure that they are pretty well informed what actually happened on March 1, 2008. I hope that these events will be disclosed in the near future and all perpetrators will be bear condign punishment, "Sargsyan said.
To note, Robert Kocharyan was summoned for questioning to the Special Investigation Service as a witness, but as the second president is abroad, he promised to come for questioning on July 26. The head of the Investigative Service Sasun Khachatryan assured that if Kocharyan does not appear for an interrogation on July 26, appropriate measures will be taken. In turn, the head of the office of the second president Viktor Soghomonyan assured 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 legal rather than a political basis, Kocharyan has nothing to fear of," Soghomonyan assured.
The former Defense Minister Mikael Harutyunyan is being charged under the case. He is accused of trying to overthrow the constitutional system by involving the army in political processes. Harutyunyan, however, is abroad, an international search has been announced. It should be noted that the protest actions against the results of the 2008 presidential elections, in which the victory was won by Serzh Sargsyan, resulted in riots and clashes of protesters with law enforcement forces on March 1-2, resulting in the death of ten people, over 200 injured. So far, those guilty for the crime have not been punished.