ArmInfo. Second President of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, in an interview with the "168 hours" newspaper again called fabricated, the charge against him in the overthrow of the constitutional order in the March 1, 2008 case.
"Of all the 76 volumes of the charges, 90% have nothing to do with article 300.1 of the Criminal Code (overthrow of the constitutional order), which, by the way, did not exist in March 2008, and therefore, it is illegal to apply it in my regard. In addition, the principle of immunity applies to my attitude, since my actions in March 2008 proceeded solely from my presidential powers, "Kocharyan explained.
He stressed that, having familiarized himself with the case materials, he did not find anything that could somehow be incriminated to him, former Defense Minister Mikayel Harutyunyan, former head of the General Staff Seyran Ohanyan or former head of the Yerevan garrison of the Armed Forces Yuri Khachaturov. "People who ordered and concocted this case committed a serious crime and will undoubtedly be punished. This is a classic political vendetta," Kocharyan said.
Referring to the new accusation in his attitude on the basis of the testimony of "businesswoman" Silva Hambartsumian (about giving a bribe on a large scale), Kocharyan noticed that it looks like a cheap grotesque comedy written by the Special Investigation Service, where the main character is the omnipresent lady with a tarnished reputation. "I didn't have any idea about the existence of this lady, exactly as about her affairs.
Moreover, none of the defendants in this case did not confirm her testimony,I think the authorities invented this accusation and" attached "to the case on March 1, in order to dispel the ingrained opinion of my political persecution, "Kocharyan concluded.
To note, Kocharyan is currently arrested on charges of overthrowing the constitutional order in the March 1, 2008 case.