ArmInfo."I urge the government to take immediate action against a number of judges and prosecutors," Aram Manukyan, a member of the Armenian National Congress (ANC), said on May 24 during parliamentary hearings on transitional justice issues.
He noted that the issue related to transitional justice is rather political, since it is aimed at securing a change of power in the country. Manukyan also stressed that the judiciary arranges sabotage and demarches against the new authorities of Armenia. "I call on the authorities of the country to immediately implement a surgical intervention in the judicial system. Moreover, I am ready to submit to the head of the Special Investigation Service Sasun Khachatryan a list of judges and prosecutors who should be prosecuted," said Manukyan.
Representative of the Sasna Tsrer party, Varuzhan Avetisyan, also spoke very sharply during these hearings. He noted that the state looks like a sick organism. "It can only be cured by the law and the free judicial system, which themselves are seriously ill today. We need to assess the situation, and then determine our next steps," said Avetisyan.
He also noted that members of the Sasna Tsrer party believe that it is necessary to introduce transitional justice in the country with all its mechanisms in order call the bluff of the previous authorities.