ArmInfo. The Constitutional Court of Armenia upheld Robert Kocharyan's defense claim - Article 35 of the RA Criminal Code is recognized as unconstitutional and unlawful, since it does not provide for the functional inviolability of officials who are specially protected by the Constitution, including circumstances that exclude criminal proceedings or criminal prosecution.
"This article is found to be contrary to clause 4 of part 1 of article 27, part 1 of article 61, part 1 of article 63, articles 75 of the Constitution," the Constitutional Court stated.
On the second appeal of Kocharyan's defense on the review of compliance with the Constitution of Part 2 of Article 135 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia, the Constitutional Court recognized it as complying with the country's main law.
Thus, the Constitutional Court ruled that the verdicts adopted today, in accordance with part 2 of Article 179 of the Constitution, are final and come into force from the moment they are published.
President of the Constitutional Court Hrayr Tovmasyan stated that the two judges of the Constitutional Court - Arman Dilanyan and Feliks Tokhyan have a separate opinion, and the decision of the Constitutional Court will be announced in full within three days.
It should be noted that Robert Kocharyan was arrested on charges of overthrowing the constitutional order.