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ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MP ASKS CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO INVITE PRESIDENT
Tert.am
21:08 ~U 13.03.13
Zaruhi Postanjyan of the opposition Heritage party has called for
inviting President Serzh Sargsyan to the Constitutional Court for
explanations regarding recent statements.
At the Court's hearing on Wednesday, the opposition MP submitted her
motion, arguing her position by the fact the questions addressed to
the president are not to be answered by legal representatives.
"We are obliged to clarify certain statements of his, particularly
those regarding arms supplies, calls for violence and future hazards,"
she said.
In his letter to the System of a Down vocalist, Serj Tankian, the
president spoke of an obligation "to set aside mines on the way towards
development". Postanjyan had earlier called for further clarification
from David Harutyunyan, the head of the National Assembly's Standing
Committee on State and Legal Affairs.
Two former opposition candidates, Raffi Hovhannisian and Andrias
Ghukasyan, are disputing the February 18 presidential election at
the Constitutional Court. Ghukasyan has called for considering the
president's letter to Tankian, particularly his statement about the
procedures of organizing elections. Hovhannisian, who is the Heritage
party's founding leader, urged the court to officially dispute the
election outcomes.
Harutyunyan, a senior lawmaker of the ruling Republican Party of
Armenia and a lawyer by profession, objected to the motion, saying
that court is not a proper place for clarifying matters.
"Many of the questions raised are unrelated to the issue under
consideration. They just have nothing to do with the issue in dispute,"
he said.
President of the Constitutional Court Gagik Harutyunyan tried to
disperse the tension with the joking remark that the plaintiff
"nearly demands that Serj Tankian be summoned to the Court".
Postanjyan later submitted a second motion, calling for measures to
check all the ballot boxes at a court hearing.
President of the Central Election Commission Tigran Mukuchyan said
in response that the plaintiff had missed the deadline for demanding
a vote recount.
"If you haven't exercised that right, the Constitutional Court is
not the place for reinstating it," he said.
Both motions were rejected.
From: Baghdasarian
Tert.am
21:08 ~U 13.03.13
Zaruhi Postanjyan of the opposition Heritage party has called for
inviting President Serzh Sargsyan to the Constitutional Court for
explanations regarding recent statements.
At the Court's hearing on Wednesday, the opposition MP submitted her
motion, arguing her position by the fact the questions addressed to
the president are not to be answered by legal representatives.
"We are obliged to clarify certain statements of his, particularly
those regarding arms supplies, calls for violence and future hazards,"
she said.
In his letter to the System of a Down vocalist, Serj Tankian, the
president spoke of an obligation "to set aside mines on the way towards
development". Postanjyan had earlier called for further clarification
from David Harutyunyan, the head of the National Assembly's Standing
Committee on State and Legal Affairs.
Two former opposition candidates, Raffi Hovhannisian and Andrias
Ghukasyan, are disputing the February 18 presidential election at
the Constitutional Court. Ghukasyan has called for considering the
president's letter to Tankian, particularly his statement about the
procedures of organizing elections. Hovhannisian, who is the Heritage
party's founding leader, urged the court to officially dispute the
election outcomes.
Harutyunyan, a senior lawmaker of the ruling Republican Party of
Armenia and a lawyer by profession, objected to the motion, saying
that court is not a proper place for clarifying matters.
"Many of the questions raised are unrelated to the issue under
consideration. They just have nothing to do with the issue in dispute,"
he said.
President of the Constitutional Court Gagik Harutyunyan tried to
disperse the tension with the joking remark that the plaintiff
"nearly demands that Serj Tankian be summoned to the Court".
Postanjyan later submitted a second motion, calling for measures to
check all the ballot boxes at a court hearing.
President of the Central Election Commission Tigran Mukuchyan said
in response that the plaintiff had missed the deadline for demanding
a vote recount.
"If you haven't exercised that right, the Constitutional Court is
not the place for reinstating it," he said.
Both motions were rejected.
From: Baghdasarian