Robert Kocharyan’s son sues Armenian national security service head
23.09.2018,
13:55
Sedrak Kocharyan, son of the second Armenian president Robert Kocharyan, has filed a suit against Armenian National Security Service Head Arthur Vanetsyan, the judicial system reported on Sunday.
YEREVAN, September 23. /ARKA/. Sedrak Kocharyan, son of the second Armenian president Robert Kocharyan, has filed a suit against Armenian National Security Service Head Arthur Vanetsyan, the judicial system reported on Sunday.
According to the report, Sedrak Kocharyan seeks compensation for ‘a libelous statement’, but there is allusion to any particular statement.
In its news conference given on September 11, Vanetsyan said that a new criminal case has been opened against Robert Kocharyan. This case is connected with the acquisition by Kocharyan’s family Congress Hotel with payment of a $6-million bribe. Vanetsyan also said that a money laundering case has been opened as well.
Kocharyan was arrested on July 27 for two months by a local court, but was released from pre-trial custody on August 13. He is accused of violating Armenia constitutional order in March 2008, when in a post-election standoff eight civilians and two police officers were killed. The polls were declared to have been won by then prime minister Serzh Sargsyan.
The decision angered the opposition, led by the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who set off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to the crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured.
Kocharyan was released from custody later, after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence. The ruling was backed by Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his or her powers and thereafter, the President of the Republic may not be prosecuted and subjected to liability for actions deriving from his or her status. -0---
According to the report, Sedrak Kocharyan seeks compensation for ‘a libelous statement’, but there is allusion to any particular statement.
In its news conference given on September 11, Vanetsyan said that a new criminal case has been opened against Robert Kocharyan. This case is connected with the acquisition by Kocharyan’s family Congress Hotel with payment of a $6-million bribe. Vanetsyan also said that a money laundering case has been opened as well.
Kocharyan was arrested on July 27 for two months by a local court, but was released from pre-trial custody on August 13. He is accused of violating Armenia constitutional order in March 2008, when in a post-election standoff eight civilians and two police officers were killed. The polls were declared to have been won by then prime minister Serzh Sargsyan.
The decision angered the opposition, led by the first Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who set off 10 days of nonstop protests that led to the crackdown on March 1, in which 10 people were killed and more than 200 injured.
Kocharyan was released from custody later, after Armenia’s Court of Appeals ruled that he could not be prosecuted for the post-election violence. The ruling was backed by Article 140 of the Armenian Constitution, which says that during the term of his or her powers and thereafter, the President of the Republic may not be prosecuted and subjected to liability for actions deriving from his or her status. -0---
