HAC Members Yearn to Finally Place Vahe Grigoryan, Associated with Levon Ter-Petrosyan, on the Constitutional Court Chair

According to the newspaper 'Past', the ongoing processes around the Constitutional Court (CC) have become a real headache for the authorities, as the removal of Hrayr Tovmasyan and the current composition of the CC is a matter of life and death for them. Currently, representatives of the authorities who supported the resolution of the CC impasse as proposed by the National Assembly are faced with a hard reality, struggling to find a clear justification before their 'chiefs'.

Naturally, Vahe Grigoryan, who imagines himself as the president of the CC, is very displeased. In one of his last interviews, he expressed significant dissatisfaction with the parliamentary majority, and in meetings with representatives of the authorities, according to our information, he lamented, saying, 'I told you a thousand times what needs to be done, and you insisted on yours again.'

It should be noted that according to Grigoryan's proposed option, the National Assembly should apply to constitutional bodies to nominate candidates for vacant positions of CC judges. After that, the National Assembly should appoint the CC judges through elections, thus completing the process of forming a CC that serves the authorities' will.

According to Grigoryan's 'vision', it should be recorded that there are seven vacant positions for judges since the constitutional changes in 2015, following April 2018 (the discussion again revolves around the play on words 'judge-member'). And although the overwhelming majority of lawyers (including, by the way, those in power) are convinced that this approach is completely illegal and has nothing to do with the law, it is, nonetheless, currently under discussion again, reportedly as one of the most viable options.

Interestingly, this option is especially favored by the HAC members, who are actively lobbying and yearning to finally seat Levon Ter-Petrosyan's associate, Vahe Grigoryan, in the CC presidency.