RA Constitutional Court Considers Anti-Constitutional and Invalid A

[Taslakhchian Andranik]

RA CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CONSIDERS ANTI-CONSTITUTIONAL AND INVALID A
NUMBER OF PROVISIONS OF RA LAW "ON PARTIES"

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Constitutional Court
considered a number of provisions of RA law "On "Parties" as invalid
and contradicting the Constitution at the December 22 sitting. The
case was examined on the basis of RA Ombudsman Armen Haroutiunian's
application. The Constitutional Court, in particular, recognized the
2nd and the 3rd points of the mentioned law's 31 article's 2nd part
as invalid and contradicting the Constitution. The above-mentioned
points declared that a party is subject to dissolution if: a) it
failed to have more than 1% of votes at the proportional voting at
two elections running, b) it failed to have more than 1% of votes
at the proportional voting at one general elections and failed to
take part in the subsequent elections, c) it failed to take part in
two elections running, The provision on passing the property that
remained after the party's dissolution to RA was also considered
anti-Constitutional. The Constitutional Court registered, that within
the framework of provisions of RA Law "On Parties", the legislative
body not only failed to display succession in securing the legislative
guaranteeing, but also such norms were included in the law, which
deviate from the logic of constitutional regulation. In particular,
the procedures prohibiting the parties' activities were facilitated
by the acting law, evading the Constitutional Court.