ArmInfo. In Armenia, brute force triumphed over reason. This was announced on June 26 in an interview with reporters by the chairman of the Helsinki Committee of Armenia, human rights activist Avetik Ishkhanyan.
According to Ishkhanyan, the state structures of Armenia are under attack and this situation will lead to the collapse of the state. <What happened with respect to the judges of the Constitutional Court can be characterized by one Russian proverb: "There is no admission against scrap". And to my deep regret, this political force was not opposed by political forces in Armenia, but by human rights activists, some judges, lawyers and judges of the Constitutional Court>, he stressed.
According to the human rights activist, the political forces that advocated liberalism and democracy, as well as those who supported the building of an independent state, left lawyers, judges and human rights activists halfway there. They were supposed to side with the judges of the Constitutional Court, but did not. <What could human rights defenders and judges of the Constitutional Court do in this situation? Only be protected by all legal and legal means. The judges fought as best they could against the authorities, which the investigating authorities and the NSS are subordinate to. However, unfortunately, they were alone in their struggle>, - said Ishkhanyan.
It should be noted that on June 22, the Armenian parliament in the second and final reading adopted the draft amendments to the Armenian Constitution through the constitutional law. According to the document, the powers of the judges of the Constitutional Court, who have been in office for more than 12 years, must be terminated. After the vacant posts of judges are taken, the election of a new head of the Constitutional Court will take place. The President of Armenia signed the law. Judges Alvin Gyulumyan, Felix Tokhyan and Hrant Nazaryan should lose their posts under this bill, and Hrayr Tovmasyan ceases to be the head of the Constitutional Court.