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There can’t be any material in nature that can prove that Robert Kocharyan overthrew constitutional order in Armenia in 2008 because constitutional order was not overthrown. This is what second President of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharyan’s attorney Aram Orbelyan told journalists during a briefing at the Criminal Court of Appeal on 5 April, responding to the question about the evidence in the materials of the criminal case regarding overthrow of constitutional order.

Orbelyan didn’t wish to talk about the testimonies that were part of the case materials, stating that this would violate the confidentiality of the preliminary investigation and the defense of Robert Kocharyan.

“I won’t go into details, but I will say that based on what we have examined to this point, it is safe to say that there is no material, circumstance, testimony, expert opinion or other proof that can fit our understanding,” he stated.

Orbelyan stressed once again that the case of the events of 1 March 2008 can’t be investigated with respect to overthrow of constitutional order.

“The simplest argument is that Article 301.1 can’t be applied for the events of 2008,” he said.

Touching upon the grounds for the appeals, the attorney said that the decision of the Court of First Instance is not reasoned and that the Court hasn’t even touched upon several factors that the attorneys have presented.

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