ArmInfo. The National Assembly of Armenia approved Yervand Khundkaryan as the Chairman of the Court of Cassation at the September 13 sitting. In a secret ballot, 85 MPs participated in the elections from 105 MPs of the National Assembly of Armenia, of which 74 voted in favor of Khundkaryan, 10 - against.
One ballot was declared invalid. Earlier, when presenting the candidate, the Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council Gagik Harutyunyan noted that according to the fifth part of the 166th article of the RA Constitution, as well as the second part of the 142nd article of the law "On the Rules of the National Assembly", the Supreme Judicial Council submitted to the parliament the candidacy of Yervand Khundkaryan , who went through all stages of work as a judge. Since 2001 the candidate has been working in the judicial system, and over this period has accumulated vast experience and qualifications. The head of the Court of Cassation is elected for a period of six years. He must ensure the natural activities of the Court, carry out administrative activities and the relationship with the courts of the country.
In turn, the candidate for the chairan of the Court of Cassation Ervand Khundkaryan presented the history of the judicial system of Armenia, expressed his vision of its further development. According to him, over the past few years the number of cases considered by the Court of Cassation has increased threefold - from 6% to 17%, which is evidence of the problems existing in the judicial system.
E. Khundkaryan is the chairman of the civil and administrative chambers of the Court of Cassation. He worked in the Supreme and Cassation Courts, was a judge of the economic court, a judge of the Civil Court of Appeal. He has the title of Honored Lawyer. To recall on June 5 of this year the former chairman of the Court of Cassation Arman Mkrtumyan resigned.