Friday, October 25 2019 10:57

ArmInfo. The trailer braking the progress of our country is the current Tovmasyan Constitutional Court, for starters you just need to try to unhook it. And only after  making sure that the fastening bolts are so rusted that it is  impossible, it will be possible to start breaking it.  A similar  opinion was expressed by ArmInfo, Armenian MP from the "My Step" bloc  Arusyak Dzhulakyan.

"In other words, it is necessary to try to overcome the crisis around  the Constitutional Court without shocks. At the same time, it is  necessary to stipulate initially that even shocks will not go beyond  the legal plane. It must be admitted that so far we have not come  close to resolving this crisis. The whole problem is that we didn't  move in this direction. The initiated criminal cases have absolutely  nothing to do with the ways to resolve the crisis around the  Constitutional Court, "she said.

On October 17, the Special Investigation Service, on the basis of  reports by independent parliamentarian Arman Babajanyan to the  Prosecutor General's Office about "usurping power by a group of  people," opened a criminal case. Babajanyan claims that Tovmasyan  assumed the post of head of the Constitutional Court through fraud.  In particular, Tovmasyan was elected chairman of the Constitutional  Court 20 days before the entry into force of the updated  Constitution, establishing a 6-year term of office of the chairman  without the right to re-election. That is what gives him the  opportunity to remain in this post until 2035.  According to the  parliamentarian, the "My Step" block at this stage has not taken any  substantive steps towards resolving the crisis around the  Constitutional Court. She emphasized that the only step of the  parliamentary fraction of the "My Step" bloc was the appeal to the  Constitutional Court on the termination of the powers of Hrayr  Tovmasyan.

On October 4, the National Assembly of Armenia adopted with 98 votes  in favor "1 vote against" the appeal prepared by the parliamentary  fraction of the "My Step" bloc to the Constitutional Court on the  termination of the powers of Hrayr Tovmasyan. On September 14, the SC  rejected consideration of this issue. And in the explanations  submitted on October 18, the Constitutional Court pointed out the  inconsistency of the terminology in the parliament's appeal regarding  the use of the wording "judge, member of the Constitutional Court"  and deviation from the norms of the laws "On the Constitutional  Court" and "Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly" in this  connection. The Constitutional Court also indicated that the appeal  of the parliament was filed in violation of the deadlines established  by law.