26/12/2018 17:07
Kocharyan’s defense team applies to court to change preventive measure from arrest to bail
Defense team of Armenia’s second president Robert Kocharyan have filed a petition to court on changing Kocharyan's preventive measure from arrest to release on bail, team’s office reports.
The petition has been filed on December 26, requesting to allow release of Kocharyan on bail.
The attorneys asked the court to examine the petition in possible shortest period of time set by the law.
The petition is based on the circumstance that four months after the July 27 decision of the court Kocharyan has not undertaken any measures to impede the investigation. The defense team claims that there are no grounds for keeping Kocharyan under arrest.
As to the amount of bail, the defense team does not mention any and ask the court to decide it.