The initiative group in support of Robert Kocharyan announces the  start of the rally stage

ArmInfo.The initiative group "Freedom to the President" announces the start of the stage of the meeting of the rally and demands to immediately release the second  President of Armenia, Robert Kocharian.

As stated in the statement of the initiative group, the current authorities of Armenia, "grossly violating the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Armenia,  exerting unprecedented strong pressure on the judges, reprimanding  the national interest of the Armenians and denouncing the famous  pages of modern history to foreigners, illegally arrested Artsakh  during his historic victories, the first president of the NKR and the  national hero of Artsakh, the second president of the Republic of  Armenia Robert Kocharyan. 

"The members of the Initiative, considering the incident as an  anti-national crime, are preparing to publicly declare their strong  protest "against this terrible injustice and the current regime,  which by successive steps is trying to establish the autocracy regime  in Armenia, which is fraught with grave dangers for the two Armenian  states."The group calls for the immediate release of the retired  president and "to cease the settlement of personal accounts in  relation to him." They also demand to stop "tough pressure on the  judicial system, independent media and freedom of speech, and the  resignation of criminal officials.""We announce the start of the  rally struggle stage and call upon all those who hold the honor of an  Armenian and a dignified and prosperous future of our children to  join us. Given the fact that today we have extraordinary  parliamentary elections in Armenia, and tomorrow, on December 10, the  results, the beginning of the pickets and rallies, we are announcing  from December 11, "the initiative group" Freedom to the President  "says in a statement.Recall that on December 7 the Court of Appeal  upheld the first instance verdict on the arrest of the 2nd President  of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharian. Without waiting for the  transfer of the verdict to the investigator, Robert Kocharyan himself  appeared in the "Kentron" penitentiary unit, where he was later  arrested. The office of the second president of Armenia called the  arrest a political vendetta. The RPA, however, qualified this as  pre-election pressure from the current government on political  opponents.