CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REFUSES TO ACCEPT FOR EXAMINATION RA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ARMAN MELIKIAN’S APPLICATION

Noyan Tapan
Feb 4, 2008

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. At the February 4 sitting the
RA Constitutional Court made a decision to refuse to accept for
examination RA presidential candidate Arman Melikian’s application. In
the application submitted to the court the day before the latter
challenged the law depriving RA citizens abroad of voting. According
to A. Melikian, his electorate is abroad and by depriving them of
taking part in the voting, an insuperable obstacle is created for him,
therefore he asked to liquidate that obstacle. As NT correspondent
was informed by Arushan Hakobian, the Head of the RA Constitutional
Court’s Staff, CC is not empowered to liquidate that obstacle,
it is only empowered to decide the issue of correspondence to the
Constitution, which the application did not mention.