“Robert Kocharyan did not give testimony. The pre-investigation body was biased, and then the accusation was not understandable,” Kocharyan’s lawyer Hayk Alumyan told reporters regarding rumors that Serzh Sargsyan provided testimony against Kocharyan and Kocharyan against Sargsyan.
“Robert Kocharyan did not give testimony and is not preparing to do so.” Alumyan also noted that Robert Kocharyan did not speak about Serzh Sargsyan during his speech in court.
According to Alumyan, “Along with trying to weaken the accusation against Kocharyan regarding the events of March 1st, the NSS will look for more things to accuse Kocharyan of doing so that the fiasco won’t be so conspicuous.”
On July 26, 2018, second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan was charged with a criminal offense on the basis of sufficient evidence obtained during the preliminary investigation by the Armenian Special Investigative Service on the criminal case on the events that took place in Yerevan from March 1, 2008 to March 2, 2008, under Article 300.1 Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, for the fact that he overturned the constitutional order of the Republic of Armenia by prior agreement with other persons. On July 28, Kocharyan has been remanded into custody for two months. The Court of Criminal Appeals of the Republic of Armenia decided that President Robert Kocharyan should not remain in detention, and Kocharyan was released on August 13, 2018. On December 7, 2018, Kocharyan was arrested again following another ruling by the Court of Appeals. A decision was made by the court on February 7, 2019, for him to remain in detainment.
Luiza Sukiasyan
