ARMENIA ENTERS NEW ROUND OF DEMOCRACY, CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHAIRMAN SAYS
Armenpress
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 6, ARMENPRESS: The chairman of Armenia’s
Constitutional Court, Gagik Harutunian, argued today that Armenia
has entered a new stage of democracy after two Armenian citizens
sought justice at the Court and managed to defend their rights by
questioning some provisions of the country’s constitution.
Harutunian meant a Constitutional Court ruling that found several
provisions of the law on social security cards unconstitutional. The
appeal had been submitted by two retired women who complained that
because of these provisions which ban those who have no social cards
from receiving old-age pensions they did not receive their pensions
for months.
Speaking to reporters after a seminar on constitutional right in
Yerevan Harutunian said it was very important that the revised
constitution gives ordinary citizens a right to seek justice at the
highest court of the country.
He said the Court has received 300 complaints already and 11 were
being examined. The only problem, according to him, is that now the
Constitutional Court is overloaded with work.