Attorney describes decision to arrest Robert Kocharyan as “political”

Armenia’s second president Robert Kocharyan’s arrest is a political decision, attorney Ruben Sahakyan said, describing the ruling of the Court of Appeal.

“It is definitely a political decision made under pressures,” the attorney said.

He also stated that they will not wait anymore and will apply to the European Court of Human Rights.

The defense team stated that they do not know when Robert Kocharyan will be arrested, anyway the second president will not avoid it.

“He has never done any steps to allow the head of investigative group to state that he may avoid arrest,” Sahakyan said.

The attorney said as far as it is a pre-election period, tomorrow is day of silence, the preliminary investigative body will immediately arrest Kocharyan.

“It is necessary to do it as soon as possible, to say Kocharyan is arrested, vote for N4,” the attorney said.