Tuesday, August 14 2018 17:50

ArmInfo.  Apparently, the Special  Investigation Service (SIS) of Armenia does not adequately represent  the meaning of what was said and the scope of its own powers. This  opinion was expressed in a conversation with journalists by one of  the lawyers of the second president of Armenia Robert Kocharian Hayk  Alumyan, commenting on the statement of the SIS, which was made  yesterday, in which she called the actions of the Appeal Court in the  Robert Kocharian case "illegal."

According to the lawyer, it is regrettable that the state body  reserves the right to call the court's decision unlawful. According  to Alumyan, it is one thing when an advocate calls a court decision  unlawful and decides to appeal against him and, quite another, when  such statements are made by a state agency on behalf of the state.  "No government agency has no right to declare that the decision of  the court illegal public authority could tell he did not agree with  the decision of the court, or in solutions weaknesses and preparing  to appeal, but has no right to call the court's decision was  illegal." - said Alumyan.

Touching on whether the right to inviolability of the president can  prevail over the incriminated former president's act to overthrow the  constitutional order, Hayk Alumyan stated that the immunity  institution is envisaged by the Special Part of the Criminal Code of  Armenia. In the same place, as the lawyer pointed out, there are much  more serious crimes than the overthrow of the constitutional order.  It should be reminded that the day before, after the Armenian Court  of Appeal granted the petition of the lawyers of ex- President Robert  Kocharian and canceled the decision of the court of first instance,  taking into account the inviolability of the former heads of state,  the Special Investigation Service of Armenia stated that the decision  was illegal, and the Criminal Court of Appeal was for scope of their  authority. "We hope that the prosecutor's office will file a  cassation appeal," the SIS said. Earlier, in an interview with the  Public Television, the head of the Special Investigation Service,  Sasun Khachatryan, touching upon the inviolability of the former  president, said that this principle does not apply to the  ex-president of Armenia Robert Kocharian. "There can be no absolute  inviolability.The norm of the constitution, which was in effect in  2008, envisaged and provides for the president inviolability  connected with actions arising from his status.Today, the second  president is charged with committing a crime that is classified as  particularly serious and is specified in Article 2 Constitution  (Power in the Republic of Armenia belongs to the people., Assignment  of power by any organization or person is a crime), "Khachatryan  said.