Judge Arsen Nikoghosyan is not a person to be influenced on, deputy from Bright Armenia faction Taron Simonyan told Aysor.am.
“Mr Nikoghosyan gave me lectures, we worked together in the YSU, we studied in Boston, Mr Nikoghosyan is my friend,” the deputy said, referring to the photos of him and the judge circulated in web.
Simonyan stressed that Arsen Nikoghosyan is not the person who is subjected to the influence of other person but laws and the Constitution.
The deputy voiced hope that the judge will not share the fate of the other two judges who made decisions in favor of Kocharyan – Davit Grigoryan and Alexander Azaryan.
“I hope such thing will not take place as all know Mr Nikoghosyan as very smart, honest and independent judge. I exclude any violation by him in this process and now what happens with some sector of the public, with the people who have forgotten about moral values, who offend him and his children, threaten, curse, it means that our society is in moral decline and we must prevent it a day earlier,” the deputy said.
As to whether he sees the guilt of the incumbent authorities if to take into consideration what happened with judge Davit Grigoryan who released Kocharyan, the deputy said, “What happens now, is the result of it, even if the authorities do not do anything, what they did before is already enough and this silence raises the demonstration of immoral behavior. This is a tragic reality and the authorities have the responsibility to prevent all this a day earlier, urging their associates not to allow continuation of such processes,” Simonyan said, adding that it will be a boomerang for the authorities and they should think about it.
The Criminal Court of Appeal chaired by judge Arsen Nikoghosyan upheld partially the petitions of the defense team of Armenia’s second president Robert Kocharyan and ruled to release the second president on 2 billion AMD ($4,1mln) bail.
After the decision was read attack campaign started in social networks against the judge.