Article 141 of the Constitution stipulates in which cases the President may be removed from office.

The President of the Republic may be removed from office for treason, another grave crime, or gross violation of the Constitution.

For the purpose of obtaining an opinion on the existence of grounds for removing the President of the Republic from office, the National Assembly shall apply to the Constitutional Court, upon a decision adopted by majority of votes of the total number of Deputies.

The decision to remove the President of the Republic from office shall be adopted by the National Assembly, on the basis of the opinion of the Constitutional Court, by at least two thirds of votes of the total number of Deputies.

The National Assembly decides on the dismissal of the President of the Republic on the basis of the conclusion of the Constitutional Court by at least two thirds of the total number of votes of the deputies.

Notably, earlier Vahagn Hovakimyan, a deputy of the “My Step” faction of the National Assembly, stated that there were substantial grounds for starting the process of Armen Sargsyan’s resignation on the basis of a gross violation of the Constitution.