Won the case through persistence
It took former police officer, 76-year old Hovhannes Rushanyan seven years to restore his right. Since 2005, he had been trying to defend his and the rights of 20 other disabled persons who have become disabled while performing their official duties.
The RA Constitutional Court finally upheld the former police officer's claim on May 5 after it announced that the mutually exclusive court decisions had emanated from the government's anti-constitutional decision.
According to Hovhannes Rushanyan, based on the 1994 interstate agreement, he and those who were injured while performing official duties should have had the privileges that Patriotic War veterans had and receive a special payment. However, the 1998 law "On Veterans" contradicted the 1994 interstate agreement and left the injured out of that list.
"The Constitutional Court ruled that the government's Resolution 207 was anti-constitutional. It referred to ignoring and setting limits on the rights of persons under Point 2.3 (Head of Internal Affairs of the USSR and those who became disabled while performing service in peace-ed.)," said Rushanyan, adding that with that the government is obliged to accept provision 2.3 of the agreement when commenting on the concept of war veterans in legal practice.
Hovhannes Rushanyan is currently waiting for the RA Government's confirmation of his demands.
