According to Ararat Danielyan, President of the NKR Supreme Court, no cases have been brought to the Constitutional Chamber by Karabakh citizens since they were allowed to do so as of July 1, 2009. With the passage of the NKR Constitution, the Supreme Court was granted the right to have cassation and constitutional chambers. Mr. Danielyan told "Hetq" that the most likely reason that citizens have not yet taken advantage of the constitutional body is that it is just two months old and that most residents still do not know of its existence. In many appeals, regarding violations of the law or constitutional amendments, and he expressed amazement that citizens haven't yet petitioned the Constitutional Chamber. He went on to say that citizens had the right to petition the chamber when all other court processes had been exhausted and when a citizen isn't arguing the decision of a lower court but the constitutionality of the laws on which the decision was based.