ArmInfo. Despite the exerted pressure, the Constitutional Court worked without interruption and made decisions that would be crucial for the future of our entire legal system. This was stated by the Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Armenia Hrayr Tovmasyan in an interview with reporters. Earlier today, he was charged with abuse of power, and a written undertaking not to leave the place was taken from him.
<The investigator probably never saw the accused in such a good mood. After all, six months ago I was warned that I would be charged so that I make certain steps, implying my resignation, "he said, adding that the charges brought against him will not change anything in his life, promising to reveal details in the near future. Tovmasyan said that he talked with the investigator as a professional, but regrets the involvement of the expert in the political process, not the legal one, noting that he refused to testify in the criminal case on abuse of power.
<It is no secret to anyone that over the past 6-7 months pressure has been put on the work of the Constitutional Court. This was expressed not only in the form of curses, threats and warnings, but also specific calls for violence and similar manifestations. But the Constitutional Court, glory to its members, worked without any interruptions and made decisions that would be crucial for the future of our entire legal system, "he said, calling members of the Constitutional Court strong and patriotic people. "If they think that judges can be bribed with this pension, they know them very poorly, no one is going to sacrifice the independence of the judiciary," he said, noting that today there is a struggle not for offices, but for the future of judicial power and the country as a whole.