We had to include the issue related to second President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan in the agenda. This is what President of the Constitutional Court Hrayr Tovmasyan told reporters in front of the Constitutional Court today when he was asked why the Court hastily included the issue in the agenda yesterday.
“The law says a case is no longer suspended when there are no more circumstances that serve as a ground for suspending the case. There were two grounds for suspension, including the opinion of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the opinion of the Venice Commission. The former was published on May 28, and the latte — on June 18. I myself was informed about this on the evening of Friday, June 19. When should I have included the issue in the agenda, if not during the first session? The first session was on Monday. There is nothing strange about that. If the Court didn’t include it in the session, reporters would ask why it didn’t,” he said, noting that the Court received the applications regarding Kocharyan in May and June of 2019.
“This is the first case, examination of which has lasted over a year. The examination is scheduled for July 7, which is the day of the Court’s regular session. There has been a case when the Court has examined a case in three days at the Prime Minister’s request (the case regarded loan agreements), and that is normal,” Tovmasyan added.
