Court rejects Kocharyan’s defense team’s petition: judge will not file self-withdrawal

Judge Davit Grigoryan rejected the petition of the defense team of Armenia’s second president Robert Kocharyan and refused to file a self-withdrawal, Aysor.am correspondent reports from the court.

Davit Grigoryan will continue examining the March 1 case involving former high-ranking officials.

Kocharyan's lawyer Hayk Alumyan, earlier presenting the petition, stated that judge is not ensuring equality between the parties, stressing that the attorney general Artur Davtyan entered the court room from the service entrance of the judge.

Referring to another reason for submitting the petition, Alumyan said that it has become clear at today’s hearing that the judge could not have get familiarized with the materials of the case in this short period of time. The case has been registered on judge Davit Grigoryan on May 7 and the first session held today, six days later.