ArmInfo. Lawyer of the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan Hayk Alumyan submitted a petition on the self-recusation of Judge Anna Danibekyan. The ArmInfo correspondent reports.
According to Alumyan, the government, which hates the second president of Armenia, puts pressure on the courts in order to keep Kochariyn under arrest. "Member of the Supreme Judicial Council Ruben Vardazaryan cited Anna Danibekyan as an example for other judges. That is, the authorities I'm sure that you live up to their hopes, "the lawyer said, noting that this is the basis for his petition.
Kocharyan's other lawyer, Aram Vardevanyan, also submitted a motion for the recusal of the judge, joined by Karen Mezhlumyan, lawyer of ex-Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyanan, and Mihran Poghosyan, lawyer of CSTO ex-Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov. According to Vardevanyan, the objectivity of the judge casts doubt on him.
In turn, the prosecutors Gevorg Baghdasaryan and Petros Petrosyan opposed the motion. According to the prosecutors, Member of the Supreme Judicial Council Ruben Vardazaryan just said that judges should be independent in their decisions.
"Vardazaryan's statement is taken out of context and distorted, it's impossible. The defense side constantly submits motions on the same grounds," the prosecution said.
After the views of the parties were heard, the court retired to the deliberation room. The decision will be announced on March 6 at 17:45.
It should be noted that second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, is accused of overthrowing the Constitutional system in the framework of the events of July 1, 2008.