Vahe Grigoryan Will Not Participate in Several Cases Based on the Applications of Robert Kocharyan and Yuri Khachaturov: Constitutional Court

The Constitutional Court has issued a decision stating that Vahe Grigoryan, elected as a judge of the Constitutional Court, will not participate in the consideration of several cases based on the applications of Robert Kocharyan and Yuri Khachaturov.

The Constitutional Court’s decision is fully presented below:

“According to points 1 and 3 of the first part of Article 16 of the Constitutional Law on the Constitutional Court, as well as parts 4 and 5 of the same article, the participation of the Constitutional Court judge Vahe Grigoryan in the Constitutional Court regarding:

• The consideration of the issue of the compliance of Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia and the second part of Article 135 with the Constitution based on Robert Kocharyan’s application;
• The consideration of the issue of the compliance of Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia with Articles 78 and 79 of the Constitution based on Robert Kocharyan’s application;
• The consideration of the issue of the compliance of Article 300 (as amended before) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia with the Constitution based on Robert Kocharyan’s application;
• The consideration of the issue of the compliance of Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia with Articles 72 and 73 of the Constitution based on Robert Kocharyan’s application;
• The consideration of the issue of the compliance of Article 300.1 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia and the previous version of Article 300 with the Constitution based on Yuri Khachaturov’s application

is impossible due to his biased attitude towards participants in the constitutional proceedings acting as applicants, as well as his prior involvement in reviewing these cases at other courts.”