Kocharian Cleared Of Coup Charges
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A judge in Yerevan threw out on Tuesday coup charges against former President Robert Kocharian which Armenia’s Constitutional Court has declared unconstitutional.
Kocharian as well as two retired generals were charged in 2018 with overthrowing the constitutional order” under Article 300.1 of the Armenian Criminal Code. The accusation rejected by them as politically motivated stems from the 2008 post-election unrest that left ten people dead.
The current Criminal Code was enacted after the dramatic events of March 2008. In a March 26 ruling, the Constitutional Court backed defense lawyers’ arguments that it cannot be applied retroactively against Kocharian and the other defendants.