Panorama, Armenia
Feb 6 2020
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian refused to sign two bills into law and asked the Constitutional Court to pass judgment on them. As the President’s press service reported, the President refused to sign the bill “On making amendments and Supplements to the RA Code of Criminal Procedure and “Supplements to the Law on Bank Secrecy” citing “apparent legal-constitutional problems” emanating from them.
The bills in question were adopted by the National Assembly on January 22.
According to the source, the president has submitted the bills to the Court along with legal justifications to determine their constitutionality.