ArmInfo. It is ridiculous to accuse Robert Kocharyan of overthrowing the Constitutional system, former Secretary of the NKR National Security Council, Lieutenant General Vitaly Balasanyan said at a press conference in Stepanakert.
"Robert Kocharyan was the first president of Artsakh, the second president of the Republic of Armenia, he stood at the origins of the Karabakh movement. I believe that there are no inviolable people, and if a person has committed a crime, he should be held accountable," Balasanyan said, noting that even the fact that he is a general does not mean at all that everything is allowed to him. "However, Kocharyan is being accused today based on the article that did not exist in 2008 in the Criminal Code. Nikol Pashinyan and law enforcement authorities arrested Kocharyan for the sole purpose of destroying everyone, all values. But this did not end there. And this trend continued, there were even generals among arrested, "he stressed.
It should be noted that the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan is accused of overthrowing the Constitutional system in the framework of the events of March 1, 2008. Vitaly Balasanyan intends to take part in the presidential election in Artsakh in 2020.