The decision of the Constitutional Court may have an impact on the case instituted against second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan. This is what Kocharyan’s attorney Hayk Alumyan told reporters today.

Yesterday the Constitutional Court decided to start examining Robert Kocharyan’s application regarding constitutionality of Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code. The court of general jurisdiction had submitted a similar application in the past, and both applications are part of the same proceedings.

Yesterday the National Assembly of Armenia passed a bill on constitutional amendments that envisage changes in the composition of the Constitutional Court, resignations of several judges and change of the president.

Alumyan stressed that the authorities are doing everything possible to makes sure the Constitutional Court doesn’t exist as such before the decision on the case of Kocharyan is rendered. “Nobody knows if this will work out, but the authorities are doing everything they can to make it happen. I wouldn’t like to present scenarios since there is simply no time, but everyone knows that the purpose of these encroachments against state institutions is to subject one person to liability,” Alumyan said.