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    "VOCH" COALITION CALLS ON HIGH COURT TO DECLARE PROTOCOLS UNCONSTITUTIONAL

    Asbarez
    Dec 3rd, 2009

    YEREVAN (Eurasia.net)-Fourteen Armenian opposition parties, united
    under the banner of the "No To Protocols" Campaign, have appealed
    to the country's Constitutional Court seeking a ruling that would
    declare Yerevan's rapprochement agreement with Turkey unconstitutional,
    the RIA Novosti news agency reported Thursday.

    A statement signed by opposition representatives, led by the Armenian
    Revolutionary Federation and the Heritage Party, argues that the
    Armenian-Turkish protocols threaten Armenia's constitutional order
    and runs counter to national interests.

    The Armenian National Congress, the large opposition bloc led by
    ex-President Levon Ter-Petrosian, did not join the appeal. Earlier in
    November, Ter-Petrosian delivered a speech to his supporters saying
    he was ready to cooperate with President Serzh Sarkisian.

    The "Voch" coalition held a meeting at the Erebouni business center
    on Tuesday to discuss future activities and effort. At the conclusion
    of the meeting an announcement was issued calling on the National
    Assembly to not ratify the protocols with their current wording and
    urging all Armenians to oppose the effort by signing a petition being
    circulated by the opposing forces.

    Meanwhile, the ARF has announced it plans on suing the Armenian
    Government over the unconstitutionality of the protocols. The party
    hopes the lawsuit will provide the Constitutional Court grounds to
    reject the protocols as unconstitutional.

    President Sarkisian submitted the protocols, subject to parliamentary
    approval both in Armenia and Turkey, to Armenia's Constitutional Court
    on November 29 for a review of their compliance with the Constitution.

    The No To Protocols Campaign has also launched an online petition,
    which allows Armenians to express their opposition to the protocols
    by sending direct web-faxes to members of Armenia's Parliament. The
    petition can be found HERE.
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