ArmInfo. The "Bright Armenia" faction will not participate in discussions and voting on the election of new members of the Supreme Judicial Council. MP from the "Bright Armenia" faction Taron Simonyan said this in an interview with journalists. According to Simonyan, at the beginning of the extraordinary sitting he wished to make a statement, however, either the procedure did not allow it, or the NA President ignored this attempt. As a result, the faction decided to leave the meeting room.
"The authorities rejected all proposals of the opposition on this issue and deprived it of the opportunity to directly or indirectly participate in the reform of the judicial system. The candidates were nominated without discussion with the opposition. Such behavior of the authorities is unacceptable, and we will not participate in this process," Simonyan stressed.
The MP added that although from a professional point of view they have no comments and questions to the candidates, however, the "Bright Armenia" cannot come to terms with the politically motivated behavior of the authorities.