Parliamentarian: If "My Step" were guided by the factor of loyalty to  the "former authorities", then we would not be able to appoint any  judge to the Constitutional Court

ArmInfo. Criticism of the three candidates elected by the Constitutional Court judges is, on the whole, normal. We understand that there is no consensus in our  society on this issue and cannot be. MP from the "My Step" bloc Suren  Grigoryan of the Armenian parliament expressed a similar opinion to  ArmInfo.

By secret ballot, the Armenian parliament on September 15 elected  three new judges of the Constitutional Court. 88 MPs of the "My Step"  bloc, "Prosperous Armenia" and "Bright Armenia" did not participate  in the voting.

"Armenian society, like any other society, is far from homogeneous.  And the presence of opposing opinions regarding candidates, in this  light, looks quite natural. At the same time, should be taken into  account that two of the three candidates did not work in the judicial  system. And Yervand Khundkaryan was nominated not by the Government  or the President, but by the Assembly of Judges," the parliamentarian  stressed.

Commenting on the accusations against the political majority of the  loyalty of the three elected judges to the previous Government,  Grigoryan noted that if "My Step" were guided in its actions by such  criteria of loyalty, then no judge in Armenia could be appointed a  judge of the Constitutional Court.

In general, the parliamentarian refers to the motivation underlying  such criticism of the authorities with a significant degree of doubt.  Moreover, there are doubts about the critics themselves. Grigoryan is  convinced that many of those opposed to the candidacy and election of  the same Khundkaryan have no real, justified motivation. In reality,  everything is simpler - many of these people would just really like  to see their candidates in the Constitutional Court.  

The Assembly of Judges nominated  Chairman of the Court of Cassation  Yervand Khundkaryan as a candidate, Government - Associate Professor  of the Department of Constitutional Law of YSU Edgar Shatiryan, the  President of Armenia re-nominated Artur Vagharshyan, Head of the  Department of Theory of State and Law of YSU.  84 MP voted for  Yervand Khundkaryan, 2 -against, two ballots were declared invalid.   86 MPs supported Artur Vagharshyan's candidacy, one was against,  another ballot was declared invalid. 85 MPs votes for Edgar  Shatiryan, 3 parliamentarians against.