Court in Armenia rules in favor of dismissed Army General StaffMarch 18, 2021 - 10:47 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's administrative court on Wednesday, March 17, ruled in favor of the dismissed Chief of the Army General Staff Onik Gasparyan who had demanded to suspend his dismissal, until a final decision is made. After the country's top military brass demanded Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation in late February, the PM said he had already dismissed the chief of the Army General Staff. On March 2, President Armen Sarkissian decided to not sign a draft decree on Gasparyan's dismissal, but did not send the proposal to the Constitutional Court either, thus paving the way for his dismissal by what officials described as "force of law". The Administrative Court has ruled in favor of Gasparyan who had asked the judicial authorities to approve a petition on recognizing "the absence of a legal basis for the dismissal of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces by force of law." The Court has thus decided that Gasparyan should continue his role as the Chief of the Armenian Army Staff, until the Court makes a final decision on the matter. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news Most popular in the section | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |