In my opinion, the existence of possible agreements with various foreign political forces over the case of second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan shouldn’t be ruled out. This is what political technologist Vigen Hakobyan told journalists today.

According to him, from the legal perspective, the interpretations were quite unclear. The authorities, namely Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan, said the decision of the Constitutional Court is not binding, meaning that the issue is moving from the legal field to the political one,” Hakobyan clarified.

Based on this, the analyst believes this decision and the future steps will be conditioned by agreements with foreign political forces. “From this perspective, I deduce that Kocharyan might be released. There might be agreements with Russia. Taking into consideration the factor of the Constitutional Court and its President Hrayr Tovmasyan, there might also be an agreement with certain European institutions such as the Venice Commission,” the analyst said.

In this context, Vigen Kocharyan focused on the role of the Venice Commission since the Constitutional Court of Armenia had addressed the latter with the request to receive an advisory opinion.

The Constitutional Court of Armenia, examining the constitutionality of the grounds for the preventive measure for second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan based on his application and a particular article of the Constitution regarding circumstances excluding institution of criminal case or criminal prosecution, ruled to recognize the preventive measure for Robert Kocharyan as unconstitutional.