ArmInfo.Court session on the case of the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan will take place on July 27, 11:00am. The lawyers stated that Robert Kocharyan will arrive to the session.
Yeterday the decision to arrest the former president was not taken, and the session was postponed so that the accused could properly be informed about the date of the court session. According to lawyers, Kocharyan does not avoid responsibility and will appear at the court session. "If he avoided, he would not return to Armenia," said Kocharyan's lawyer Ruben Sahakyan.
To note, the second Armenian President Robert Kocharyan was charged under March 1, 2008 events. As reported by the press service of the Special Investigative Committee, Kocharyan is charged under the first part of Article 301.1 of the RA Criminal Code for violating the constitutional order in the country during the events of March 1, 2008, having a preliminary agreement with other persons.
Former Defense Minister Mikael Harutyunyan is also being accused of the case, however he is wanted. The former head of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces, and incumbent CSTO Secretary General Yury Khachturov was also summoned for questioning on the case.
To recall, after the presidential elections of 2008, in which Serzh Sargsyan won, clashes occurred between supporters of the opposition candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan and the law enforcers as a result of which 10 people were killed, 200 were injured.
In an interview to Yerkir Media, Kocharyan called this action "legal surrealism" and a dangerous phenomenon, considering the attempt to reconsider the decision of the Constitutional Court a real bomb placed under the statehood. According to him the authorities' actions are political persecution, vendetta against him an attempt to revise historical events. As Kocharyan pointed out he does not intend to escape responsibility he is ready to serve time in jail and struggle to the end.