18/12/2019 14:29
Court of Appeal judge denies recusal motion of Kocharyan’s defense team
Judge of Court of Appeal Lusine Abgaryan denied the motion of defense team of Armenia’s second president Robert Kocharyan on recusal.
Lawyer Aram Vardevanyan submitted the motion to the judge grounding it with her impartial attitude toward the defendant.
In particular, he stressed that Lusine Abgaryan liked the post her brother Davit Abgaryan shared. The post was written by famous singer Serj Tankian who expressed delight over the arrest of Robert Kocharyan.
Besides, Vardevanyan said that Davit Abgaryan is CC judge Vahe Grigoryan’s close friend.