ArmInfo. In the next few hours, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian will announce his decision on the case of Onik Gasparyan, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the country. On March 3, Artur Vanetsyan, the former head of the National Security Service, leader of the Rodina party, a member of the Movement to Save the Motherland, told reporters about this.
Artur Vaanetsyan noted that only one issue was discussed at the meeting - the sending by the RA President of an inquiry on the constitutionality of the law "On Military Service and the Status of Servicemen" in relation to Onik Gasparyan. Armen Sargsyan, according to the ex-head of the National Security Service, has listened to the arguments of the representatives of the Movement and will make a corresponding statement in the next few hours.
As ArmInfo previously reported, on March 2, the President of Armenia announced that he would not sign the draft decree on the dismissal of Onik Gasparyan, and guided by paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Article 169 of the Constitution, the President of the Republic will make a separate statement to the Constitutional Court with a request to resolve the issue of compliance with the Constitution of the RA Law. military service and the status of a soldier> dated November 15, 2017.
Note that the reason for the dismissal of the Chief of the General Staff of Armenia was a collective statement made by the leadership of the Armenian Armed Forces demanding the resignation of the current RA Prime Minister. The statement of the military on February 25 emphasized the imperative of Pashinyan's departure, which, according to them, poses a threat to the national security of Armenia.