Tuesday, January 15 2019 12:24

ArmInfo. Former Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan does not plead guilty in connection with the March 1, 2008 case and considers the allegations to be unfounded,  Ohanyan wrote about this on his Facebook page.

Yesterday Seyran Ohanyan, who during the events of March 1-2, 2008,  served as Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces and  First Deputy Minister of Defense and in April was appointed as the  Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, was charged in the  case of events 1 March 2008.  The former minister recalls that the  country's highest legal act is the Constitution, and any feeble  effort against it is retribution on a citizen, a state, and a  criminal offense. "The accusations, which say nothing from a legal  point of view in the March 1 case, supervised trials, gross  violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms are a pretext to  the basic law of Armenia," he underlines, adding that actions against  him are clear evidence of this phenomenon. .

According to Ohanyan, the well-known wiretapping of the heads of  National Security Service and the Special Investigative Service  proves specific instructions of the Director of the National Security  Service, an agreement between the heads of the two services. Seyran  Ohanyan also stresses the illegality of the restriction of his rights  to freedom of movement, the denial of his rights to the inviolability  of his private life, honor and good name.

The former head of the Armed Forces wonders: "Do those who violate  the Constitution have the right to administer justice in respect of  colonel generals, the president and other persons who have made a  significant contribution to the defense and development of Armenia  and Artsakh? Leading the disclosure of the tragic events of March 1  to a dead end, and the logic of the charges suggests that new  "creative approaches" are not excluded.

"I have the impression that there are underground figures who, owning  various methods of manipulation, use the tragedy of March 1 for their  far-reaching goals. I, as a person standing at the roots of the  creation of our statehood, experienced cruelty and trial of a war as  combat general, for decades have led the armed forces of Armenia and  Artsakh, together with the three presidents of Armenia and Artsakh,  army officers, soldiers, liberty warriors and the whole people  ensured the inviolability of borders, I consider the situation  disturbing and unclear which leads to uncertainty- such iniquities  are a threat to the values and achievements of the modern history of  our people and undermine the foundations of the state, call into  question efforts aimed at strengthening and developing the country.  As during the period of indictment, I now insist that it is  groundless and I do not admit guilt. I would not want our judicial  and legal system to be guided and engaged in anti-constitutional  activities. Justice is not carried out by order or under the  influence of the street. Justice is exercised through the independent  and objective work of the best specialists of the judicial and legal  system, " Seyran Ohanyan said.

According to the media, in the framework of the criminal case on the  events of March 1, 2008, Armenian Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan  was charged under Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code of Armenia  (overthrow of the constitutional order). At present, in the framework  of the "March 1 case", charges have been brought against the second  president of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, Mikael  Harutyunyan, Yuri Khachaturov, Armen Gevorgyan, Samvel Mayrapetyan  and Vahagn Harutyunyan.