Head of the Bright Armenia faction of the National Assembly Edmon Marukyan has posted the following on his Facebook page:
“Dear compatriots,
The right of deputies to apply to the Constitutional Court is prescribed by point 3 of part 1 of Article 169 of the Constitution of Armenia. At least one fifth of the total number of deputies can apply to the Constitutional Court, in the cases prescribed by points 1, 4 and 6 of Article 168 of the Constitution.
However, the prescribed cases under the specified points of Article 168 don’t include the right of deputies to apply to the Constitutional Court with regard to compliance of the draft amendments to the Constitution.
This means that the Constitution of Armenia co-authored by Hrayr Tovmasyan in 2015 does not entitle deputies to apply to the Constitutional Court with this issue. However, in these conditions, the President of Armenia still has the opportunity to apply to the Constitutional Court with the issue of constitutionality of the law adopted by the National Assembly restricting the powers of the President.
Bright Armenia Party is still holding discussions with Prosperous Armenia Party to find possible solutions to the issue.”
