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 YEREVAN
(Yerkir Media)—The Armenia-Turkey protocols were submitted by
President Serzh Sarkisian’s office to Armenia’s Constitutional
Court three days ago, reported Court Chief of Staff Aroushan
Hakopyan.
A full-court session must be convened within
20 days to determine a hearing date for the protocols, Hakopian
explained. If within the 20-day time frame a consensus is not
reached, the decision to convene a hearing is extended by 10
additional days. If a month passes from the time of submission
and a decision is not reached, the protocols must be returned to
the President’s office or the court must decide on further
discussions.
The same full-court is also tasked with
ruling on the constitutionality of the protocols, added Hakopian.
The court administrator was unable to say
whether the hearings would be closed or open to the public.
Evidently, the ruling Republican Party
parliamentary bloc chairman Galust Sahakian was unaware about
the protocols having been submitted to the court. Responding to
press inquiries on the possibility of the protocols never being
submitted, Sahakian told reporters that Armenia will be
advancing the ratification process through an already-announced
approach, which Sahakian explained was for the Turkish
parliament to first ratify the documents.
He explained that the border cannot open by
only the Armenian side’s ratification.
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