Armen Charchyan's defense filed a motion to the RA Special Investigation Service investigator yesterday to choose a personal guarantee as a precautionary measure against the accused, the SIS reports.  

Considering that the defendant Armen Charchyan was detained according to the precautionary measure by the June 23, 2021 decision of the Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan, taking into account that according to Article 151, Part 3 of the RA Criminal Procedure Code, the measure of restraint can be changed by the court, and in the pre-trial proceedings of the criminal case by the prosecutor, the above-mentioned motion was sent by the investigator to the prosecutor for consideration.

Taking the above-mentioned into account, we at least consider it strange that the mentioned motion was submitted to the investigator of the RA Special Investigation Service. It would be desirable for the lawyers defending the accused to know the basic norms of the criminal procedure, according to which the authority to change the detention as a measure of restraint does not belong to the investigative body. 

It should be reminded that Charchyan is accused of forcing people to participate in the snap parliamentary elections.