ArmInfo. The Supreme Judicial Council has a constructive atmosphere - decisions are made by consensus. This was announced today at a press conference by the head of the BCC Ruben Vardazaryan.
He said that from now on BCC will work as transparently as possible - meetings will be open, journalists can address any questions, including personally to him.
Touching upon the activity of the judicial system, Vardazaryan expressed concern over the overloaded judges. According to him, in such conditions, judges cannot make qualified decisions: <Therefore, work is underway to unload the judges. In this regard, a bill has been developed. However, in reality this problem can be solved only when the number of judges is increased>.
Speaking about the latest domestic political processes, which also affect the judicial power, Vardazaryan considered unacceptable pressure on the courts, blocking of their buildings due to the adoption of a decision. At the same time, he expressed confidence that the judges would not go about these moods. According to him, especially strong public pressure is exerted on the judges conducting the case of the second President of Armenia Robert Kocharian. At the same time, Vardazaryan again expressed confidence that these processes will not affect the decision of the judges.
Referring to the criminal case against Judge David Grigoryan, who dismissed the case of Robert Kocharian and sent it to the Constitutional Court, Varadazyarn noted that the investigation provided the BCC with sufficient facts to allow the Council to allow prosecution of Grigoryan: <If against any other Judges were presented with similar facts; the decision would be similar. If we thought that the investigation was putting pressure on us, we would have made a different decision. But that was not>.
At the same time, Vardazaryan recalled that the BCC expressed its concern about the searches in Grigoryan's office, since he considered that his judicial independence was jeopardized during this process. It should be noted that David Grigoryan is accused of official forgery, he, according to the investigation, falsified the protocol on holding the trial, while it did not take place. This case for the lack of corpus delicti was closed in 2018, but several months ago it was resumed.