Tuesday, February 9 2021 15:09

ArmInfo. The Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan chaired by Judge Anna Danibekyan at the February 9 session continued the consideration of the case of the  second President of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharyan and others.

Based on the petition of Kocharyan's lawyer Hayk Alumyan, some issues  related to the case will be considered behind closed doors. The court  also allowed the second president of Armenia to conclude some  property transactions that do not imply its alienation. The court  found that there are no obstacles to the permission of transactions  on property, if they do not imply its alienation, and allowed any  transaction that does not lead to the alienation of the property  under arrest.

In addition, the court postponed the decision on the petition to  recognize the former policeman Babken Mkrtchyan as a victim, who is  being held in as a witness. Babken Mkrtchyan was one of the policemen  who were injured during the March 1, 2008 events. As a result of  these events, the witness became disabled of the third group. 

To recall, the Special Investigative Service of Armenia on July 26,  2018 brought charges against the second President Robert Kocharyan on  the overthrow of the constitutional order in the framework of the  criminal case on the dispersal of protests on March 1, 2008.  Kocharyan considers the case to be fabricated and claims political  persecution. Former CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov, former  Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan and former head of the presidential  administration Armen Gevorgyan are also involved in the case.