Defense of Robert Kocharyan and Seyran Ohanyan submitted a petition  for suspension of criminal case

ArmInfo.Lawyers of 2nd president of Armenia Robert Kocharyan and former defense minister Seyran Ohanyan submitted a petition to the court to suspend the criminal case and send it to the Constitutional Court.

During the trial, under the chairmanship of Judge Anna Danibekyan,  Ohanyan's lawyer Karen Mezhlumyan submitted a motion. The lawyer  emphasized that the petition, in particular, concerns clarification  of compliance of Article 300.1 with the current and previous wording  of the RA Criminal 

Code to the Armenian Constitution.  "Given that a similar case is  already being discussed in the Constitutional Court, I think it would  be correct if the court waits for the CC's answer on this issue.  After all, further consideration of this criminal case is connected  precisely with the CC's response," Mezhlumyan emphasized.

The lawyer also emphasized that at one time the criminal prosecution  against Nikol Pashinyan under article 300.1 was terminated. Since  previously, Pashinyan was charged under Article 300, and the new  article involves a new corpus delicti. The court announced a  15-minute break.

Then Robert Kocharyan's lawyer Hovhannes Khudoyan spoke. He also  noted that the case concerning the constitutionality of article 300.1  was in the Constitutional Court. Moreover, Khudoyan stated that there  is no conclusion of the Constitutional Court on article 300, which  was replaced by article 300.1. That is, by analogy with article  300.1, an assessment should be given of the constitutionality of  article 300, which was in force at the time of the alleged crime.

It should be noted that in 2009, article 300 was liquidated, and from  it, articles 300, 300.1 and 300.2 of the RA Criminal Code appeared in  new statements.  To recall, 2nd president of Armenia, Kocharian, is  accused of overthrowing the constitutional order in the framework of  the events of March 1, 2008.