Armenian opposition Bright Armenia Party MP Edmon Marukyan asked the author of the notorious bill, My Step MP Vahagn Hovakumyan which particular reforms of the current Armenian authorities the Constitutional Court failed to implement.

Marukyan asked for a specific number of people who applied to the Constitutional Court protect their constitutional rights, but ‘ran into a wall of injustice.’

Hovakimyan, in turn, assured that the distrust of the Constitutional Court of Armenia had been forming in the society for many years. However, he noted that the removal of this issue to a referendum is due to the requirement of the Constitution.

Armenian parliament should have discussed Thursday two controversial bills over the Constitutional Court. However, the author of the bills, My Step ruling bloc MP, Vahagn Hovakimyan has recalled them amid some technical reasons.

The bill had stipulated that amendments to the Constitution could be made without obtaining the respective CC conclusion.

According to Hovakimyan, My Step faction won’t adopt the bill in the first reading, but will propose to hold a referendum for the bill. This is exactly what direct democracy is all about, he said.

The only draft included in the current special session proposes a draft on constitutional amendment, which provides for the suspension of the powers of CC members, elected before April 2018.