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30/06/2020 10:42Hayrenik, PAP, ARF-D submit report to Prosecutor General's Office on usurpation of power and constitutional order“It is about usurpation of CC powers that launched over two years ago and the whole processes that took place afterwards. The authorities in an organized way did everything to appoint Vahe Grigoryan as CC judge,” representative of Hayrenik party Arsen Babayan told the reporters.
26/06/2020 21:34Buquicchio: I regret constitutional amendments in Armenia are not in line with recommendations of the Venice CommissionI have been following closely the developments in Armenia concerning the constitutional amendments. I regret that they are not in line with the clear recommendations of the Venice Commission.
26/06/2020 19:05Constitutional Court is usurped but legality will be restored: ARF-D youth wing representative“One must be blind not to see that different clusters of the population are dissatisfied with the authorities. In future this process will succeed, and the illegalities will receive their worthy assessment,” the ARF-D young representative said.
26/06/2020 18:51Authorities negotiate with CC judges: PastinfoThe negotiators are trying to convince the judges whose powers are terminated by giving them some guarantees on behalf of the PM, including opportunity to forward candidacy again.
26/06/2020 14:39CC judge says no document registers about termination of their powers“Consequently, the statements are not basis for my or your resignation,” Gyulumyan stressed.
26/06/2020 14:28All attempts to mix plans of the authorities are useless: Justice Minister on developments over CC“They decided that just a “little” vote is not enough and they can round the number a little which testifies the level of the fight. The Constitutional amendments entered into force. The term of office of three judges has been terminated as well as the term of office of Hrayr Tovmasyan as chairman of the CC,” Badasyan wrote.
26/06/2020 12:51PAP leader lawyers apply to Court of Appeal“We have asked the court to consider the absence of the substantial suspicion confirmed,” he wrote on Facebook.
26/06/2020 11:49Advocate: Developments over CC may be described as “might makes right”Avetik Ishkhanyan said Armenia moves to destruction of state structures which in its turn will result in the destruction of state.
25/06/2020 17:48You refused to implement your commitment: Kocharyan’s lawyer to Marukyan“When Edmon Marukyan truly and clearly registers that illegal process has taken place but together with it uses Robert Kocharyan’s case as an excuse for not undertaking any action, this is how the process is being politicized. While blaming us for it, mildly speaking is ridiculous,” Vardevanyan wrote on Facebook.
25/06/2020 17:28Armenia’s CC urges officials not to go beyond scope of powers defined by the Constitution and laws: statement“In response to the statement of the Minister of Justice, according to which the authorities of the CC president are suspended and the term of office of other three CC judges are terminated in two days, we, the below signed state:
25/06/2020 17:04Bright Armenia to prepare new application for applying to CC: MPTo the specifying question whether they will join the PAP, the deputy said, “If you use the word “join” use it. But I said a new application is being prepared in which we will use the provision forwarded by our colleagues.”
25/06/2020 16:52Applications withdrawn but case to still be examined at CC: Taron Simonyan“Let them do that but the case will be examined anyway. If the Constitutional Court decides that it will not examine the case, our condition is in force, no one steps back of it. We believe that that the process of disputing constitutionality of unconstitutional process is a clear legal process and none of the political figures must speculate it with own political purposes,” Simonyan said.
25/06/2020 16:03Tigran Urikhanyan joins application for applying to CC“The process is taking place right now,” the deputy told Aysor.am.
25/06/2020 15:56Robert Kocharyan’s defense team urges Bright Armenia not to speculate second president’s name to justify own inaction toward encroachments against CC“Today we have a situation when Bright Armenia faction MPs Edmon Marukyan and Taron Simonyan say that this whole process is unconstitutional, contradicts the principle of the legal state but we will not submit application. While we show that we have higher values. Let no one speculate the name of Robert Kocharyan to justify the inaction toward the encroachments against the Constitutional Court,” Vardevanyan said.
25/06/2020 15:19Bright Armenia has no reason to wait and can join the application to CC immediately: Kocharyan’s attorneysThe president expressed clear position that if his case raises certain impediments in the establishment of parliamentarism he will demand from his attorneys to recall the applications submitted to the CC.