ArmInfo.The Criminal Court of Appeal chaired by Judge Armen Danielyan allowed the Prosecutor General's Office to review the verdict of the court of general jurisdiction regarding the change of the preventive measure against the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, accused of overthrowing the constitutional order from arrest to personal guarantee.
This means that by the decision of the Court of Appeal, Kocharyan will be arrested again. In addition, the Criminal Court of Appeal granted the second part of the petition of the Prosecutor General's Office to review the decision of the judge of the court of general jurisdiction David Grigoryan to suspend the proceedings on March 1 and appeal to the Constitutional Court. This decision means that the trial on March 1 will be resumed. At the time of the announcement of the decision, Kocharyan's defense was not present. Before that, they issued a statement saying that they would not be present in court, thereby expressing their protest against the actions of Judge Armen Danielyan, who during the last sub-court session on the case refused to listen to Kocharyan's defense and retired to the deliberation room. To recall, both the prosecutor's office and the heirs of insured persons in the March 1, 2008 case appealed to the Court of Appeal the decision of the court of first instance to suspend the March 1 criminal case and send it to the Constitutional Court to examine the constitutionality of Article 301 of the RA Criminal Code against Kocharyan. They also protested the decision of the same court to change Kocharyan's preventive measure and release him under the personal guarantee of the Presidents of Artsakh, arguing that being at large, Kocharyan may impede the investigation and influence the participants in the case.