Expert says, prior to any conclusions over Armenian-Turkish protocols,
Constitutional Court should state over two issues
Panorama.am
13:54 05/12/2009
According to the constitutionalist Hrayr Tovmasyan, before making any
conclusions over the Armenian-Turkish protocols, the Constitutional
Court had better state somehow these refer to two republics – Armenia
and Turkey – merely and are not linked to a third republic – NKR, to
put an end to the bargains.
`This will mean that the legal implementation of the protocols will
not contradict to the disposition put forth by the Constitutional
Court. Later, any further comments over Karabakh will be
anti-constitutional,’ the expert told Panorama.am.
Another problematic issue, as Tovmasyan said, is the formation of a
committee to discuss historical issues. Many express concerns over the
issue stating that the fact of the Armenian Genocide cannot be subject
to discussions and the committee shouldn’t question it’s be or
not-to-be.
The expert explained that the RA Constitution refers to the
Independence Declaration, whereafter the Declaration becomes a part of
the Constitution. The Declaration Article 17 states that Armenia is
committed to the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
In terms of this, the Constitutional Court should prescribe `that the
issue over Genocide be or not-to-be cannot be subject to discussions.
Once the issue is discussed, this will be anti-constitutional, it
would be better if the Constitutional Court acted so.’