ArmInfo. The second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, considers it inappropriate to participate in today's court session. The court will consider the petition for release of Kocharyan on bail without his personal participation. The lawyer of Kocharyan Hayk Alumyan stated this in an interview with ArmInfo correspondent.
To note, on January 8, in an interview with ArmInfo correspondent, Alumyan also noted that the defense intends to appeal to the Constitutional Court. "We believe that the laws, in the interpretation applied to Robert Kocharyan, are unconstitutional. In particular, the matter concerns the repeal by the Court of Cassation of the decision of the Court of Appeal to change the measure of restraint regarding Kocharyan and refer the case back to the Court of Appeal," Alumyan said.
To note, Robert Kocharyan is accused under Art. 300.1 of the Criminal Code of Armenia in overthrowing the constitutional system in the framework of the criminal case on the dispersal of protest actions on March 1, 2008.
To recall, on December 7, the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict of the first instance for the arrest of RA 2nd President Robert Kocharyan. Without waiting for the transfer of the verdict to the investigator, Robert Kocharyan himself came to the "Kentron" penitentiary unit, where he was later arrested. The office of the second president of Armenia called the arrest a political vendetta. The RPA, however, qualified this as pre- election pressure from the current government on political opponents. On December 28 the court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan postponed consideration of the petition of the lawyers of the former president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan on release on bail till January 9, 2019. The court session will be held today at 2:00pm.