Colonel-General Onik Gasparyan says he has filed a lawsuit to the Administrative Court shortly after the prime minister announced the dismissal of the chief of the army’s General Staff by virtue of law in a statement on Wednesday.

“My position is unchanged: both the statement released and the entire process of the dismissal are unconstitutional, which once again affirms that a pro-state solution to this crisis is possible only through the resignation of the prime minister and conduct of snap parliamentary elections,” Gasparyan said in a statement.

“To ensure [the compliance with] the Constitution of Armenia and rule of law and to exercise power based exclusively on law, I have applied to the Administrative Court.

“I will continue my service to the country and people in a different status,” he said, urging generals, officers and soldiers of the Armenian army to continue their selfless service to the homeland and people “for the development of the military and the strengthening of Armenia and Artsakh.”