YEREVAN, DECEMBER 23, NOYAN TAPAN. The RA Ombuswoman Larisa Alaverdian applied to the RA Constitutional Court with the request to ascertain if the government decisions on building up the center of Yerevan are in line with the RA Constitution. She announced it during her meeting with reporters and NGO representatives on December 23. The application, in particular, reads: "The disputed decisions taken by the Armenian government in 2001-2005 establish the zones of real estate compulsory alienation from citizens for state needs in the city of Yerevan, the order and terms of this property alienation. Under the terms of these government decisions, the compulsory alienation of citizens' real estate was done and is continuing to take place in Yerevan, with the courts making rulings on lawsuits initiated by the owners based on these decisions of the RA government." According to L. Alaverdian, the matter concerns the protection of the human right of ownership guaranteed by the RA Constitution, so a necessity has arisen to decide whether the RA government's decisions concerning this issue correspond to the RA Constitution. The RA Ombudswoman' application contains the list of the government decisions, which, according to her, contradict the principles stipulated in Article 5 Part 2, Article 31 Parts 1, 2 and 3, and Article 85 Part 2 of the RA Constitution, as well as the February 27, 1998 decision of the RA Constitutional Court on the case of determining the correspondence of Parts 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Article 22 of the RA Law on Real Estate adopted by the RA National Assemblt on December 27, 1995, with Article 8 and Article 28 part 2 of the RA Constitution.

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