Wednesday, January 29 2020 14:59

ArmInfo.After the constitutional reforms of 2015, the Constitutional Court of Armenia acts inadequately. This was announced on January 29 during a briefing in  the National Assembly of Armenia by head of the "My Step" faction  Lilit Makunts. She noted that the crisis around the Constitutional  Court was caused not only by a lack of trust in the judicial system,  but also by the fact that the transitional provisions, which should  be transferred from the old Constitution to the new, have drawbacks.

The MP also stressed that the bill on early retirement of judges of  the Constitutional Court is an opportunity to resolve the crisis in  the Constitutional Court. "We came up with this legislative  initiative based solely on the interests of judges of the  Constitutional Court. Perhaps some of them will not want to continue  to work and prefer to retire. However, as you know, there is no  problem  with coercion. If the judges of the Constitutional Court do  not see any problems, and want to continue to work, no one forces  them to do otherwise, "said the head of the My Step faction.

In turn, the secretary from the Prosperous Armenia faction Arman  Abovyan stated that their faction does not see the need for the  authorities to constantly raising this issue. "We have noted more  than once that we see much more important problems in the country  than this. The fact is that the current government is trying to get  rid of the head of the Constitutional Court at all costs. It was for  this purpose that the legislative initiative on early retirement of  Constitutional Court judges was adopted . If this venture fails, I do  not exclude that they will try to use other methods to solve this  issue, "the MPconcluded.

Taron Simonyan, a member of the Bright Armenia faction, expressed  surprise at the fact that the authorities speak of distrust of the  entire judicial system, but only judges of the Constitutional Court  are constantly under attack. "Of course, the public does not trust  the judiciary. And it's obvious that in a number of cases the public  is right, because the judicial system cannot provide effective  justice. However, the Constitutional Court is not to blame for this  situation, the problem is in the entire judicial system. All this is  forgotten and the problem focuses on one person, which is wrong, "the  MPemphasized.

Simonyan also emphasized that there should be a strict delineation of  the branches of power in the country, and one of the branches has no  right to exert pressure on the other. "We have written in the  Constitution about the mechanisms of restraining a branch of power  that is trying to put pressure on another branch.  However, if this  mechanism fails, then a serious problem arises, and the situation  goes beyond the scope of the Constitution. In this case, it turns out  that pressure on the Constitutional Court it's quite the place to be,  "the deputy concluded.

To note, the current authorities have repeatedly stated that a crisis  has arisen in the Constitutional Court.  They believe that in order  to solve this crisis, judges of the Constitutional Court, headed by  the chairman Hrayr Tovmasyan, should resign. To this end, the  legislature passed a law stating that judges of the Constitutional  Court can retire ahead of schedule, if they do, then until the end of  their term of office they will receive a pension in the amount of  their salary. Judges disagree with this assessment, and so far do not  intend to resign.