ArmInfo. During the court hearing in the case of second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan and other persons involved in the case on March 1, 2008, lawyer of the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, Hovhannes Khudoyan, submitted a request for recusal of Prosecutor Karen Bisharyan It should be noted that Prosecutor Karen Bisharyan has been participating in the trial since today. Hovhannes Khudoyan made an oral request, since Bisharyan's presence was not known in advance.
"I will present an oral request for recusal of Prosecutor Karen Bisharyan, the grounds are very simple," the lawyer said, recalling that even in the parliamentary debates on February 23, 2018 on March 1, 2008, Bisharyan did not see any grounds for questioning Kocharyan even as a witness However, bat today the prosecutor saw the grounds for his arrest.
Khudoyan claims that the prosecutor Bisharyan is biased against Robert Kocharyan and cannot participate in this case as a prosecutor, which indicates the subjective attitude of the prosecutor as a result of a change in the political situation in the country.
It should be noted that at the previous meeting, the lawyers of the ex-president and the lawyer of the former Minister of Defense submitted a request for recusal of Prosecutor Petros Petrosyan. Judge Anna Danibekyan rejected the applications.