Ex-president Sargsyan interrogated in March 1 case
04.02.2019,
16:13
Ex-president of Armenian Serzh Sargsyan was interrogated for several hours in the Special Investigation Service in the March 1 case, armtimes.com said.
YEREVAN, February 4. /ARKA/. Ex-president of Armenian Serzh Sargsyan was interrogated for several hours in the Special Investigation Service in the March 1 case, armtimes.com said.
"We managed to find out that Sargsyan was interrogated for several hours as a witness in the March 1 case. According to our source, the interrogation will continue," the newspaper writes, noting that the Special Investigation Service declined comments.
The Armenian opposition, led by the first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who ran for the presidential elections on February 19, 2008, held rallies in the center of Yerevan from February 20, expressing dissatisfaction with the official results that gave the victory to Serzh Sargsyan. The protests on March 1-2, 2008, resulted in riots and clashes between protesters and law enforcement forces, which killed ten people and wounded over 200 people.
The Constitutional Court recognized the 2008 elections as legitimate. Serzh Sargsyan was said to have received 52.86% of the votes, and Levon Ter-Petrosyan - 21.5%.
The second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, who preceded Sargsyan, is accused of overthrowing the constitutional order. He is currently under arrest. Former chief of staff of armed forces Yuri Khachaturov, who was detained but released on bail of 5 million drams, and former defense ministers Mikael Harutyunyan, who is now in Russia and Seyran Ohanyan are also involved in the March 1 case as defendants. -0-
"We managed to find out that Sargsyan was interrogated for several hours as a witness in the March 1 case. According to our source, the interrogation will continue," the newspaper writes, noting that the Special Investigation Service declined comments.
The Armenian opposition, led by the first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who ran for the presidential elections on February 19, 2008, held rallies in the center of Yerevan from February 20, expressing dissatisfaction with the official results that gave the victory to Serzh Sargsyan. The protests on March 1-2, 2008, resulted in riots and clashes between protesters and law enforcement forces, which killed ten people and wounded over 200 people.
The Constitutional Court recognized the 2008 elections as legitimate. Serzh Sargsyan was said to have received 52.86% of the votes, and Levon Ter-Petrosyan - 21.5%.
The second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, who preceded Sargsyan, is accused of overthrowing the constitutional order. He is currently under arrest. Former chief of staff of armed forces Yuri Khachaturov, who was detained but released on bail of 5 million drams, and former defense ministers Mikael Harutyunyan, who is now in Russia and Seyran Ohanyan are also involved in the March 1 case as defendants. -0-
