A constitutional regulation cannot be bypassed by a legislative amendment without committing a crime. Mihran Poghosyan, a lawyer for president Hrayr Tovmasyan of the Constitutional Court of Armenia, today wrote this on Facebook.

In particular, his post notes that the bill on Amendments and Addenda to the Law on the Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly, and tabled by the majority My Step faction in parliament, clearly and directly contradicts the first sentence of Article 169 (2) of the Constitution.

That is to say, as per Poghosyan, the wording "The Constitutional Court petitions to the National Assembly" directly implies that the National Assembly is obliged to apply to the Constitutional Court in matters relating to constitutional amendment, membership in international supranational organizations, or territorial change.

Consequently, as per the attorney, applying to the Constitutional Court for matters relating to the constitutional amendment is the objective duty of the National Assembly, not the discretionary power.

"We will cut off the paws of all criminals who have infringed on the state," Mihran Poghosyan concluded.