If RA CC rules ENA nationalization laws unconstitutional, whole  process proves unconstitutional - Commission member 

ArmInfo. If the Constitutional Court of Armenia finds the laws adopted by the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on the nationalization  of Electric Networks of Armenia CJSC to be unconstitutional, as  adopted on December 16, the entire current process will be considered  unconstitutional. This was stated by Ara Noanyan, a member of the  Public Services Regulatory Commission of the Republic of Armenia,  commenting on his decision to vote against revoking the company's  license.

According to Noanyan, this issue was raised during the discussions,  but the response was that the PSRC is guided by facts, not expected  decisions. However, the Law "On the Public Services Regulatory  Commission" clearly stipulates that in such cases, proceedings must  be suspended for 33 days. Noanyan also noted that he has not received  an answer to the question of what would happen if the entire process  is deemed unconstitutional. He also pointed out that the Commission  initiated proceedings based on the authorized body's assumptions,  while the subsequent review of the matter by the PSRC was based on  entirely different grounds, which is completely inconsistent with the  PSRC's usual research methodology. When initiating proceedings, it is  crucial to hear the positions of the parties, but in this case, there  is virtually no other party.

As a reminder, on November 17, by decision of the PSRC, Electric  Networks of Armenia CJSC was stripped of its electricity transmission  license. On June 18, law enforcement agencies arrested, and then the  court remanded in custody, Samvel Karapetyan, a leading businessman  and head of the Tashir Group of Companies, on charges of calling for  the overthrow of the constitutional order.  This occurred only  because the latter, speaking in defense of the Armenian Apostolic  Church, stated in an interview that "we will intervene in our own  way" if politicians fail to fulfill this function. Following  Karapetyan's arrest, the authorities effectively took control of ESA  from the Karapetyan family, appointing Romanos Petrosyan, a member of  the Civil Contract party, as its interim manager.