The Crisis in the Constitutional Court is Just Beginning; a Vahe-Hrayr Coalition is Forming

As it appears, the crisis in the Republic of Armenia's Constitutional Court is just beginning. The fact is that, after three days of discussions, the Constitutional Court has failed to elect a new president. Constitutional Court judge Yervand Khundkaryan did not gather the necessary number of votes to assume the position of president. He received two votes in favor, three against, while three judges abstained from voting.

It is noteworthy that since Khundkaryan was the sole candidate, he needed five votes in favor to be elected, yet he essentially received only two, one of which was his own, and three votes against.

The "Zhoghovurd" newspaper learned that one vote in favor was given by Edgar Shatiryans, while one of the votes against came from Arevik Petrosyan. Furthermore, Hrayr Tovmasyan and Vahe Grigoryan did not participate in the voting.

Regarding the election of the vice president, the agenda did not even include this issue for discussion; it will be addressed on Monday at 11 a.m.

Once again, we note that Hrayr Tovmasyan and Vahe Grigoryan appear to have formed a coalition against Khundkaryan and are doing everything possible to ensure that either Arman Dilyan or a third person is elected as president of the Constitutional Court, but not Khundkaryan. However, as we had predicted, there will be a second round of elections for the president of the Constitutional Court, and it is not ruled out that only Khundkaryan will be nominated again and could be elected.