CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SESSION TOOK 10 MINUTES

Tert.am
12:31 ~U 12.01.10

The discussion of the Armenian-Turkish Protocols in Armenia’s
Constitutional Court began at 11 am local time today. Present were
all nine members of the constitutional court; representative of the
president, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, and representatives
from political parties. The court speaker assigned was Vladimir
Hovhannisyan. Constitutional Court President Gagik Harutyunyan,
conducting the session, informed those present that the discussion
would proceed in accordance with written procedure (that is, with
no amendments) and that all necessary documentation for the case
was present.

Yesterday’s rally and march organized by the Armenian Revolutionary
Federation (Dashnaktsutyun, or ARF-D) concluded at the Constitutional
Court, where ARF-D members, as well as others, handed their suggestions
to the Protocols. Harutyunyan stated that the proposals were received
and were among the documents to be examined by the court. The session
took all of ten minutes, after which the court continued the discussion
behind closed doors.