YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. Examination of citizens' first 2 individual applications started on September 12, based on possibilities given by the RA constitutional reforms. Citizens Manushak Kocharian's and Hranush Davtian's united applications in 1 examination relate to Article 11 of the RA law on social security cards, which the applicants ask to recognize as anti-constitutional. In the applicants' words, they did not use the right of getting social card for religious believes, what may not become an obstacle for implementation of the exclusive right of a person's main social security, getting pension. To recap, the applications were satisfied at the Court of First Instance, and refused at the Courts of Appeal and Cassation. The CC inquiry response which was got from the social security fund was made public at the CC. According to it, payment of more than 1300 pensioners' pension was stopped for the citizens' not getting pension more than 6 months continuously. Meanwhile, in the words of citizens addressed to the CC, they were not given pension for having no social card. Rafik Petrosian, the Chairman of the RA NA State and Legal Committee made a speech at the court as a respondant. He, expressing the NA viewpoint, mentioned that the 2nd part of Article 11 of the law "On Social Cards" contradicts the Constitution and it must be recognized invalid by the CC: by the mentioned principal, bargains concluded without social cards are recognized invalid. The CC interrupted examination of the applications till October 3, new materials will be studied till that time by the court as well as Social Security Fund Chairman Vazgen Khachikian and RA Social Security Minister Aghvan Vardanian will be invited to the court as adjacent respondants.

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