CC gives proceeding to second president’s application: Kocharyan’s representative

Constitutional Court of Armenia has given proceeding to the application of the second president Robert Kocharyan on disputing the constitutionality of the Article 419 part 2 of the Criminal Code.

“We have filed the application on January 18 which was the second one. We have filed three applications to the Constitutional Court,” Kocharyan’s representative, attorney Aram Vardevanyan told Aysor.am.

He said theCourt has not given a proceeding to the first one, but the court agreed with the voiced issue.

“The second application relates to the 2d part of Article 419 of the Criminal Code. The Court of Cassation has two authorities, according to the law, reject the appeal or make a new judicial act. The Court of Cassation with its precedented decision registered that the 2d part of the article must be perceived in a way as the 1st part,” he said.

Aram Vardevanyan noted that the application refers to the violation of right of a person to a fair trial in reasonable timeframe.

Kocharyan’s representative said the judge will be Alvina Gyulumyan. The trial will start from April 9.