The Chamber of Advocates of Armenia has issued the following statement:
“The Board of the Chamber of Advocates of Armenia, concerned about the dispute between the constitutional bodies (Prime Minister, General Staff of the Armed Forces) in Armenia and the destructive nature of continuation of the dispute; recording the need to settle disputes between constitutional bodies through the Constitutional Court; taking into consideration the fact that, by the Constitution of Armenia, the President is vested with special powers, including the power to transfer disputes between certain constitutional bodies to the Constitutional Court, during exercise of which the President must be governed by national interests; taking as a basis the statement by the President of Armenia of 27 February 2021 by which the recommendation of the Prime Minister to dismiss the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces was returned with objections and viewed as prima facie contradicting the Constitution; referring to the fact that there might be unconstitutional developments in case the President fails to take action and that the President will be held liable for this, taking as a basis the requirements of laws according to which the President of Armenia can still apply to the Constitutional Court, we call on President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian to apply to the Constitutional Court of Armenia with the request to declare the recommendation of the Prime Minister regarding dismissal of the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces as contradicting to the Constitution.
P.S.: With this step the President will form a culture of presenting disputes between constitutional bodies to the Constitutional Court for examination.”