People Generally Don’t Know What Function the Constitutional Court Performs: L. Kocharian

“Initially, this is a very big absurdity,” said Levon Kocharian, son of Robert Kocharian, who is accused of undermining the constitutional order, responding to the referendum aimed at suspending the powers of the seven members of the Constitutional Court.

According to him, the constitutional referendum on April 5 is unlawful and is being conducted “to have their own people in the Constitutional Court.” However, he does not intend to participate in the campaign of the “No” camp. He finds the government’s arguments unacceptable, claiming that the changes are being made due to public demand.

“That is absolute falsehood; you very well understand that the people do not have such a demand. The people do not generally know what function the Constitutional Court performs, nor do they know about the judges, and it's normal that they do not know,” he said after the court session related to the case of Kocharian and others.

Kocharian’s son emphasized: “The Armenian people are concerned about the prisons, the points system, and the other things, the case of which, for some reason, the desire of the Armenian people is not mentioned. They need this, and they attribute it to the people's needs.”

When asked that supporters of his father are in the “No” camp, Levon Kocharian replied that if one of the initiators, human rights defender Ruben Melikyan, noticed unlawful actions and supports them with his comments, it does not mean that he supports them.

Regarding whether former NSS director Arthur Vanetsyan has had discussions or meetings with them about opening a party, Levon Kocharian responded that he finds it difficult to imagine such cooperation, although: “There is nothing like that now; if there will be, we will have to think about it then.”