Head of Constitutional Court of Armenia: Elections of the 4th  President of Armenia will be held in the National Assembly

ArmInfo.Elections of the 4th  President of Armenia will be held in the National Assembly of the  Republic of Armenia. The Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the  RA Gagik Harutyunyan stated on February 22 in the parliament in an  interview with journalists. As the head of the Constitutional Court  noted, next week during the next meeting of the legislative body,  discussions are expected on nominating candidates for the presidency.  

"Let me not comment in detail, as there is still talk about turning  to the Constitutional Court with a question," said Harutyunyan,  adding that his powers in the CC end on March 23. At the same time,  he urged very carefully to get acquainted with the transitional 211st  articlesfull of the Constitution. "Article 125 of the Constitution gives  the basic legal regulation, but there is also a transitional  provision, the essence of which is to establish the characteristics  of the transition period." In Article 211 it is clearly stated that  the presidential election will be held for the first time in a  similar way, that is, it is clearly established that the elections  will be held in the RA National Assembly, "the head of the  Constitutional Court said.

Earlier ArmInfo reported that lawyers of the opposition parliamentary  faction "Elk" prepared an appeal to the Constitutional Court on the  issue of constitutional confusion that arose around the presidential  elections in Armenia. The head of the faction Nikol Pashinyan on his  official Facebook page reported this. "We intend to demand from the  Constitutional Court that the position of the NA Constitution on  holding elections of the 4th president in the National Assembly be  unconstitutional," he said. To appeal to the Constitutional Court,  signatures of 21 deputies are necessary, in connection with which the  "Elk" bloc appealed to the "Tsarukyan" bloc. It should be noted that  a number of experts believe that the election of the fourth president  should be held according to the old order, that is, by a national  vote, since Article 125 of the Constitution providing for the  secondary presidential elections comes into force on the first day of  his term. Other experts argue that this issue is regulated by the  transitional 211 article of the Constitution, which stipulates that  presidential elections must be held in accordance with Article 125 of  the Constitution not earlier than 30 days and not later than 40 days  after the expiration of the powers of the incumbent president.