YEREVAN. – When the Constitutional Court had examined the law on the Constitutional Court, why didn't anyone think that there was a conflict of interest? Hrayr Tovmasyan, President of the Constitutional Court (CC) of Armenia, stated this in a conversation with journalists Tuesday in front of the court, referring to the position that the constitutional amendments were not sent to the Constitutional Court because they refer to the Constitutional Court itself, and therefore there is a conflict of interest.

"The whole problem is that the constitutional courts, yes, are like that; they can resolve issues related to them, too. Both the Venice Commission and international documents clearly state that in this case, the Constitutional Court just needs to show more restraint than in other cases.

There is no such issue for the Constitutional Court to examine and it will not be regarding it. (…).

And who gave you that assumption that the Constitutional Court can be biased? (…). If so, the country should have another Constitutional Court for such cases. If you have not set up such a court, the question is as follows: Are these issues beyond the scope of constitutional oversight, or not? If it is beyond the oversight, can we pass a law that there is no Constitutional Court in the country? ‘We do not send it to the Constitutional Court because this refers to the Constitutional Court,’” said Hrayr Tovmasyan.

He added that the right should not be extended to nonsense, and the right has its own principles and actions. "And why is the National Assembly discussing the issues concerning them? Let's create another National Assembly, let it decide. Let's create a new government that will decide how much money to give to the government," the president of the Constitutional Court added.

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