Prosperous Armenia faction MP on challenging President’s decree in Constitutional Court

Prosperous Armenia Party still hasn’t discussed whether it will challenge the decree of President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian in the Constitutional Court or not. This is what member of the Prosperous Armenia faction of the National Assembly of Armenia Naira Zohrabyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am today.

Chair of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly Vladimir Vardanyan today told reporters that if 1/5 of the deputies of the National Assembly apply to the Constitutional Court, challenge the decision or the President’s decree, the Constitutional Court will be the entity that will decide to suspend the procedure or not.

The President of Armenia has signed a decree according to which the referendum for constitutional amendments will take place on April 5, 2020. The amendments will terminate the powers of the members of the Constitutional Court elected prior to April 2018, and out of the 9 members, 7 were elected prior to April 2018.