ArmInfo.The Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan decided to reject the petition of the attorneys of the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharian to dismiss Judge Artur Mkrtchyan.Such a decision was justified by the fact that lawyer Aram Orbelian's ties with the family of the judge were not so close that they could somehow influence the court decision. This was announced after the court session in a conversation with journalists by lawyer Robert Kocharyan Hayk Halumyan.
It should be noted that today the lawyer Aram Orbelyan noted that he and the judge's son are on friendly terms, and that the court's decision would no longer be a reason for speculation, the team of the ex- president's lawyers decided to reject the judge.Note that earlier, the judge on the case of changing the preventive measure against Kocharyan Nelly Baghdasaryan took a rejection. She did not explain the reasons for which she took the challenge.
On the eve, the prosecutor and the investigator who were present at the court session demanded that Baghdasaryan recuse herself. In turn, the defense has opposed. Later, in a conversation with journalists, Kocharyan's lawyer Hayk Alumyan noted that the demand for the judge's self-withdrawal is related to his earlier decision on another case that is not related to Kocharyan. In which case, the lawyer refrained from commenting. The consideration of the case on changing the preventive measure to the ex-president after the judge's self-withdrawal Nelly Baghdasaryan was entrusted to David Grigoryan, however, he also took a withdrawal, explaining that he was not the duty judge.