Armenia’s Constitutional Court To Decide When Protocols Will Be Disc

ARMENIA’S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO DECIDE WHEN PROTOCOLS WILL BE DISCUSSED

Tert.am
15:52 ~U 27.11.09

In accordance with Armenia’s law on the Constitutional Court, the
Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia has 3 months to
make a decision on the Armenia-Turkey Protocols, said Constitutional
Court press secretary Hovhannes Papikyan, upon a request by Tert.am
to explain the process in which discussion of the protocols are
currently found.

Papikyan stated that the current phase is the Protocols investigation
stage. Judge Vladimir Hovhannisyan, a member of the Constitutional
Court, has been assigned to study the documents. According to
information provided by the press secretary, a 15-day period, which
begun on November 20, has been designated for examining the documents,
after which time the judge must present a report to the president of
the constitutional court.

The Constitutional Court president must then call a standing session
within 10 days to decide the day when the Protocols will undergo
discussion.