Friday, September 11 2020 16:50

ArmInfo.The issue of the Constitutional Court has essentially been resolved. MP Viktor Yengibaryan stated this at a press conference.  The MP noted that  the parliament adopted a bill according to which three judges of the  Constitutional Court must leave their posts.

<In this matter, we did not fight with individuals. This issue is  exclusively in the legal plane. As you know, the President of  Armenia, the government and the General Judicial Council had to  nominate their candidates for the position of judges of the  Constitutional Court. The candidates have already been presented, and  we will elect them this autumn," he stressed.

As for the possibility of creating the Supreme Court, Yengibaryan  stated that the issue should be decided by the public. <This  initiative will be clarified to the public. This practice is accepted  all over the world, I think it will benefit the judicial system of  Armenia," the MP noted.

Yengibaryan also stressed that the task of the authorities is to do  everything possible to increase people's confidence in the judicial  system. "Today our citizens are most dissatisfied with the judicial  system. As you know, the people of Armenia have elected legislative  and executive powers, and are satisfied with their choice. And only  the judiciary arouses the mistrust of our compatriots," he said.

To note, earlier  Speaker of the Armenian parliament Ararat Mirzoyan  signed the law on amendments to the law "On the Constitutional  Court", which was adopted on June 30. In accordance with them, the  powers of all judges of the Constitutional Court are limited to 12  years. After the adoption of the amendments, three judges who had  worked for over 12 years were dismissed from their posts: Alvina  Gyulumyan, Hrant Nazaryan and Felix Tokhyan. Heat of the court, Hrayr  Tovmasyan, has become an ordinary judge.  New judges will now be  elected instead. One candidate is proposed by the Government, the  second - by the President, and the third - by the General Assembly of  Judges. The government nominated Doctor of Laws, Professor Vahram  Avetisyan, but he refused to participate in the elections. Then the  government nominated Edgar Shatiryan as a candidate. At the general  meeting of judges, Chairman of the RA Court of Cassation Yervand  Khundkaryan was elected as a candidate for the Constitutional Court  judge. Arthur Vagharshyan, nominated by the President, is Doctor of  Law, Professor.