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Armenia’s top court denies motion to summon President Armen Sarkissian as witness

panorama.am07/10th/2021, 9:24

Armenia’s top court denies motion to summon President Armen Sarkissian as witness

The Constitutional Court of Armenia on Saturday continued hearings on the opposition appeals challenging the official results of last month’s snap parliamentary elections.

The top court received separate election appeals from the opposition Armenia bloc, I’m Honored bloc, Zartonk (Awakening) National Christian Party and Hayots Hayrenik (Armenian Homeland) Party last week and decided to examine them as part of one case. The court opened hearings in the case on Friday.

At today’s hearing, Constitutional Court Chairman Arman Dilanyan ruled on two motions filed by judge Hrayr Tovmasyan on Friday.

He granted one of the motions to oblige the human rights defender to submit to the Constitutional Court reports on human rights violations recorded by the ombudsman’s office during the election period.

Separately, Dilanyan denied another petition of Hrayr Tovmasyan to summon President Armen Sarkissian to testify in court as a witness in the case. He argued that the president does not have a procedural status of a party in the case.

Hrayr Tovmasyan stated today that his motion was denied just because it was erroneous, asking the court to involve Armen Sarkissian as a witness in ...

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