President Armen Sarkissian has petitioned to the Constitutional Court of Armenia.
A respective statement from the Office of the President has noted that the President has applied to the Constitutional Court with a request to determine constitutionality of the Law on Military Service and the Status of a Serviceman.
As per the statement, the submission of this petition is conditioned also by the existing problems in the legal practice of the aforementioned law, which became more obvious as a result of the Prime Minister's initiative to dismiss the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Onik Gasparyan, and the subsequent constitutional legal processes.
According to the statement, with the submitted petition, the decisions of the Constitutional Court and the possible measures being taken may have a serious impact on the decisions made so far, and the present-day and future processes related to the current situation, in the context of the interpretation and application of the above-mentioned law.
The President hopes that making the relevant decision as soon as possible will bring legal certainty and will contribute to resolving the current crisis.