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«I don't know why Mr. Petrosyan informed us about his being busy by means of the press», announced the surprise Gagik Haroutyunyan today and promised that during the next Constitutional Court session Rafik Petrosyan, head of the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal affairs will apologize.

Mr. Petrosyan was invited to the Constitutional Court to take part in the discussion of the correspondence of the RA Constitution to the article 7 part 1 second paragraph of the Law on the Defender of Human Rights adopted by the NA in 2003.

It is stipulated by the mentioned paragraph that «The defender is not authorized to interfere with a court procession. He can demand information about any court affair and represent offers to the court guaranteeing the defense of the rights of the citizens».

Because of Mr. Petrosyan's absence the Constitutional Court postponed the discussion of the issue till May 6 10:00 a.m.