Monday, August 20 2018 16:31

ArmInfo. In the return of the  second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharian, there is no political  threat in politics. The head of the Heritage party Raffi Hovhannisyan  stated this at a press conference on August 20. "The second president  of Armenia Robert Kocharyan has the right to be where he thinks fit,  and where he is worthy to be, whether it be politics, prison or any  other place," the head of the Heritage party stressed.

As for the inviolability of the former heads of state, then,  according to Hovhannisyan, the judge who adopted the Appeal Court's  decision to release Robert Kocharyan, no matter how intelligent and  educated he was, had to present his withdrawal, since there was a  danger of a clash of interests. This decision, according to the  politician, has lowered the level of public confidence in the  judicial system. "At the same time, I believe that while maintaining  the presumption of innocence, it is necessary to give the accused the  right to express his point of view, to answer questions, since a  certain part of society also has the right to express another point  of view ", said the head of the Heritage party.

Hovhannisyan said that we should not expect Kocharian's revenge or  return to politics in the near future. "I believe that the people who  were and are in power must bear responsibility for their actions. The  basis of the accusation against the second president of Armenia is,  it must be proved, and everything else will be solved by the legal  system," Hovhannisyan summed up.

Today, on August 20, the Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia in  the Court of Cassation appeals against the decision of the Court of  Appeal to release former Armenian President Robert Kocharian from the  arrest.  It should be reminded that after the Armenian Appeals Court  on August 13 granted the petition of the lawyers of ex-President  Robert Kocharian and canceled the decision of the court of first  instance, referring to 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.