Constitutional Court cannot revoke Declaration of Independence — Vahe Grigoryan

The Constitutional Court cannot revoke the Declaration of Independence, constitutional law expert Vahe Grigoryan told Alpha News.

“It is obvious that the Constitutional Court did not revoke the Declaration of Independence; moreover, it cannot revoke it since, according to the law on normative legal acts, a normative legal act can be declared invalid or cancelled exclusively by the body that adopted it, or its successor, a higher authority. Since the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR, and its legal successor is the National Assembly, which did not make such a decision, it is obvious that the issue of revoking the Declaration of Independence cannot be discussed,” Grigoryan noted.

The expert emphasized that the Constitution has once again been interpreted in accordance with the requirements of the current government.

“The subject of consideration by the Constitutional Court was not to clarify the issue of the constitutionality of the Declaration of Independence. Moreover, it was not systematically linked to an international treaty, the constitutionality of which was determined by the Constitutional Court. As usual, the Constitution was once again interpreted in the way that the current government prefers,” Grigoryan concluded.