YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 12, ARMENPRESS. The Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan chaired by Anna Danibekyan left for consultation room to make a decision over the preventive measure of 2nd President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan.

ARMENPRESS reports Anna Danibekyan informed that the court will publish the decision on September 17 at 13:00.

Kocharyan lawyers have filed a motion to suspend the detention of Kocharyan following the decision of the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court of Armenia issued its verdict on September 4 over ex-President Robert Kocharyan’s appeal regarding his arrest.

Robert Kocharyan, currently in pre-trial detention on charges of “overthrowing constitutional order” during the 2008 Yerevan unrest, requested the Constitutional Court to determine whether or not his arrest is constitutional, i.e. whether paragraph 2 of Article 135 and Article 35 of the Criminal Procedures Code are in conformity with the Constitution.

The Constitutional Court ruled that Article 35 of the Criminal Procedures Code contradicts respective articles of the Constitution and is invalid in terms of not envisaging official immunity among the circumstances which exclude criminal prosecution.

The Constitutional Court, however, ruled that paragraph 2 of Article 135 is constitutional.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan