Indicting Constitutional Court president Hrayr Tovmasyan is a crime because the institute of immunity has been violated, Armenian ex-justice minister Davit Harutyunyan told reporters on Friday.

"Hrayr Tovmasyan has been appointed by the previous constitution and his immunity is valid to the fullest extent, that is to say, without a constitutional court act, charging Hrayr Tovmasyan is a crime,” Harutyunyan said.

Harutyunyan noted that the SIS decision should be challenged and appealed to the Armenian Prosecutor General, whose duty is to follow the lawfulness of the case.

As reported earlier, Hrayr Tovmasyan, President of the Constitutional Court of Armenia, has been charged  under the Criminal Code article on abuse of power which negligently caused grave consequences. This is with respect to the same criminal case on which Norayr Panosyan, whose wedding best man was Tovmasyan, was charged.