Constitutional Court recognized decision on dismissal of Onik  Gasparyan from post of Chief of RA General Staff as constitutional

ArmInfo.The Constitutional Court recognized the decision to dismiss Onik Gasparyan from the post of Chief of the RA General Staff as constitutional.

As press secretary of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of  Armenia Eva Tovmasyan said, the Court recognized part 3 of Article 40  of the RA Law "on Military Service and the Status of a Serviceman" as  complying with the constitution.

According to the contested provision, a high-ranking military person  can be dismissed from his post regardless of whether there are  grounds under Part 1 of Article or not, that is, a military person  can be dismissed from office, including without a reason. According  to her, the full text of the court's decision will be published  within three days.

To note, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia on February  25 demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol  Pashinyan, stating that the political leadership is leading the state  to danger. This happened after the head of government dismissed the  first deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces,  Lieutenant General Tiran Khachatryan, who earlier criticized the  Prime Minister's statements about the "unexploded Iskander." In  response, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced an attempted coup  and called on citizens to gather in Republic Square in order to  "defend the revolution." He also said that he had signed a decision  on the removal of Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Onik  Gasparyan from his post.