Consideration of Robert Kocharyan`s lawyers` appeal will continue  today

ArmInfo. The court session of the appeal court on considering the appeal of lawyers of the 2nd President Robert Kocharyan on changing his measure of restraint will  continue today at 14:00pm.

Consideration of the appeal against the decision of the court of  first instance started yesterday at 12:00 and lasted about 8 hours.  Nevertheless, according to one of the lawyers of the former president  - Hayk Alumyan, the reason for the delay is that both sides did not  have time to present all the arguments.  Robert Kocharyan himself was  present at the court session, moreover, as Alumyan told journalists,  he made a "bright" speech, which should be published.

To recall, the lawyers of the second president of Armenia Robert  Kocharyan submitted to the Court of Appeal an appeal on the decision  of the court of first instance on the arrest. Two appeals are being  considered today: the first one is on canceling the decision of the  court of first instance and releasing Robert Kocharyan and the second  one is Hayk Alumyan's appeal to change measure of restraint from  arrest to release on bail. 

Meanwhile, on August 8, General Prosecutor's Office of Armenia  dismissed petition submitted by the lawyers with personal guarantees  of 45 MPs of the National Assembly on changing measure of restraint  against Kocharyan.  On July 28 the Court of First Instance of  Shengavit District of Yerevan granted the request of the Special  Investigation Service of Armenia for choosing 2-month arrest as a  preventive measure against the second President of Armenia Robert  Kocharyan. The SIS accused Kocharyan of overthrowing the  constitutional order within the criminal case on dispersal of protest  actions on March 1, 2008. 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 charged under the case, he  was released on bail.