EVERYBODY MUST COMPLETE NATIONAL SERVICE DUTY BEFORE TAKING HIGH POST
Support A1+!Supreme Council MPs’ club issued a statement Monday pointing out those high-ranking state officials, who had dodged military service in a clear breach of the law.
The club appealed to court demanding to announce Armenian president’s five orders on appointing culture minister Hovik Hoveyan, justice minister David Harutyunyan, foreign minister Vardan Oskanyan, defense minister Serge Sargssyan and prime minister Andranik Margaryan to their positions invalid.
The court accepted only two of the five motions submitted by the club. Motions on Andranik Margaryan and Hovik Hoveyan were taken by the court while the rest three ones on Serge Sargssyan, Vardan Oskanyan and David Harutyunyan were declined, despite all five cases are completely alike. “The explanation of the rejection was absolutely absurd: only Constitutional Court can dispute any presidential decree’s correspondence with the Constitution”, the statement says.
The club members think the court accepting two and rejecting three above-mentioned motions displayed political approach instead of juridical, as Hoveyan’s and Markaryan’s candidacies had been put up by Orinats Erkir and Republican parties while the rest three officials were president Kocharyan’s direct nominees.
