Justice cannot be achieved by committing another human rights  violation-making someone guilty just to claim the case is solved:  Kocharyan`s lawyer

ArmInfo.  Today, the Anti-Corruption Court, chaired by Judge Sargis Petrosyan, continued its hearing of the case regarding the events of March 1, 2008, involving second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan, former CSTO Secretary General Yuri Khachaturov, former Defense Minister Seyran  Ohanyan, and former Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan.

The aforementioned four former high-ranking officials have been  accused since 2018 of either overthrowing the constitutional order or  aiding the constitutional order during the events of 2008.

As Kocharyan's lawyer, Aram Orbelyan, told reporters, everyone agrees  that the events of March 1st must be fully resolved. However,  this  doesn't justify the authorities achieving resolution through another  human rights violation-singling out one person, declaring him guilty,  and then claiming the case is solved.

"For us, this whole thing is an anomaly-bringing the legal successors   of victims into the courtroom to create an emotional atmosphere. The  Prosecutor General of Armenia mentioned in parliament that while the  deadlines have passed, there may be a question of compensation that  could be raised. In other words, we see an artificial process  happening, instead of administering justice-that is, admitting that,  yes, this charge is closed, the defendants are acquitted, and that's  it. Justice cannot be a continuous process," the lawyer said.