CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CAN BE INDEPENDENT AND WITHSTAND PRESSURE: HOVHANNISYAN

Tert.am
14:03 ~U 12.01.10

On the matter of the Armenian-Turkish Protocols, Armenia’s
Constitutional Court has three possibilities: that they correspond to
the Constitution, that they don’t correspond to the Constitution,
or that they partly correspond to the Constitution, said ARF-D
(Armenian Revolutionary Federation – Dashnaktsutyun) parliamentary
faction leader Vahan Hovhannisyan during the rally in front of the
court building today.

"Which they will choose, I don’t know, but if the document we
presented is taken into account in its entirety, then I believe that
the Protocols cannot be assessed as completely corresponding with the
Constitution," said Hovhannisyan, referring to the proposals ARF-D
submitted to the court during yesterday’s march.

Asked whether there is pressure being exerted on the Constitutional
Court, the ARF-D parliamentary faction leader said, "with its status,
this court can, in the case of duly evaluating its responsibilities,
in comparison [with other courts], be independent." Furthermore,
Hovhannisyan believes that the issue up for discussion is so greatly
significant, that the Constitutional Court will display sufficient
wisdom in taking advantage of its position as an independent body.

"That’s why the Constitutional Court is the Constitutional Court,
so that it can withstand such pressure," he said.