Tuesday, December 3 2019 16:42

ArmInfo. In connection with the upcoming leave of Judge Anna Danibekyan from December 10 to 30, the next hearing in the case of Kocharyan and others is scheduled for the first working day of January 2020.

In this regard, the lawyers of the second President of the Republic  of Armenia Robert Kocharyan requested to appoint another meeting by  December 10 to present the application for release on personal  guarantee, however, Danibekyan offered to provide time for the  preparation of the application today.

Hayk Alumyan noted that they cannot prepare a petition today. The  lawyer asked that the meeting be scheduled for Monday, but the judge  said that she had already scheduled other meetings.

<Therefore, the next hearing will be scheduled for the first working  day of January 2020>, the judge explained.

In turn, the lawyer of former Minister of Defense of Armenia Seyran  Ohanyan, Karen Mezhlumyan submitted a motion to terminate the  criminal prosecution against his client.

It should be noted that Seyran Ohanyan, who was being accused in the  case on March 1, held the post of chief of the General Staff of the  Armed Forces of Armenia in 2008.

The lawyer stated that the criminal case against Ohanyan should be  terminated as well as the prosecution, since the act at the time of  its commission did not qualify as a crime. It remained unclear to the  lawyer what exactly the charge consists of, and from what moment the  violation of the constitutional system occurred.

During today's hearing, the court also rejected a motion by the  defense of  former CSTO Secretary General, Yuri Khachaturov,  demanding to remove restrictions on his border crossing.

The judge considered the application pointless, since the restriction  on crossing the border was not applied either by the court or by the  preliminary investigation body, however, Khachaturov himself claims  that he could not go to Georgia, as he is on the list of "not allowed  to travel abroad".