CC ruling is untouchable
Serzh Sargsyan still hasn't sent the Turkey-Armenia Protocols to the National Assembly for ratification. "A1+" asked head of the NA committee on state-legal issues David Harutyunyan whether the Protocols would be ratified taking the ruling of the Constitutional Court as a basis or not.
"The National Assembly ratifies the Protocols, but by ratifying the Protocols, the NA takes into account the court's position from the legal angle. Each legal text can be interpreted in different ways. The Constitutional Court presented how the texts should be perceived. From that angle, I believe that although the NA ratifies the Protocols, it definitely takes into account the legal position of the CC", said David Harutyunyan.
David Harutyunyan said that he considered Turkey's claims according to which the content of the Protocols has been distorted by the CC ruling and that certain preconditions have been added as absurd. "The CC has not changed anything in any way. It has specified why it considers these Protocols constitutional. I view Turkey's claims as a phony means of explaining why they are delaying the ratification."
Some say that the CC has exceeded its powers by including clarifications in the preamble of the decision. David Harutyunyan tends to differ: "I view the CC ruling as untouchable in terms of legality. I read the ruling very carefully and I think it is untouchable in terms of the law, international obligations and that it corresponds to the spirit of international treaties. The CC has not taken any step toward exceeding its powers. I think the CC has applied a very legal technique and I would truly be happy for all acts to be untouchable at this level."
