ARMENIA’S OMBUDSMAN APPEALS TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
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Wednesday, August 29, 14:57
Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan has appealed to the Constitutional Court
of Armenia with a demand to recognize several clauses of the law
“On administrative violations” not being in line with the Constitution.
As press-service of the ombudsman’s office reported, today in
Armenia when a citizen commits administrative crime, according to
the prosecutor’s sanction, he may be detained for 10 days. This was
fixed in the 262-nd clause of the law “On administrative violations”,
which contradicts the 16th clause of the Armenian constitution, which
says that if in 72 hours after detaining the court does not issue a
verdict to arrest, the detained citizen should be freed on bail.
Moreover, the above mentioned law does not ensure fulfillment of the
requirement of the Constitution, according to which every citizen
has a right to get legal assistance.
From: A. Papazian