Monday, August 2 2021 16:46

ArmInfo. The judicial system of Armenia must be cleansed, Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council Gagik Jhangiryan said at a press conference.  In this regard, he said  that a member of the Supreme Judicial Council David Khachaturyan,  together with his partners, had prepared a draft on "cleaning up" the  judicial system (draft law on vetting - ed.note), which will soon be  sent to the National Assembly and the government.

According to Jhangiryan, the judicial system of Armenia must cleanse  itself of people who ignore justice, who have hid many innocent  people behind bars for many years. In this vein, he stressed that  such people are unsuitable for the work of the judicial system. <Mass  purges will be implemented after the adoption of the bill. But there  is no doubt that this should happen, "added the head of the Council.  Noting that, most likely, a corresponding commission will be created,  Jhangiryan said that such examples already exist in Ukraine,  Montenegro and other countries.

The head of the Supreme Judicial Council stressed that today the  judicial system of Armenia faces the task of restoring public  confidence. Otherwise, all further actions and reforms carried out in  the judicial sector will not receive an objective assessment and a  positive result. According to Jhangiryan, today the Supreme Judicial  Council is trying to introduce criteria and mechanisms to restore  people's confidence in the justice system. In this context, he spoke  about the intention to introduce a time limit for the consideration  of individual cases. In addition, it is planned to introduce strict  criteria for the selection of specialists in the judicial system,  which should, in principle, exclude the possibility of any  agreements.  To recall, in January of this year, the Minister of  Justice of Armenia Rustam Badasyan said on his Facebook page that the  judges of the Anti-Corruption and Appeal Anti-Corruption Courts will  undergo a vetting procedure. As a result, he said, the speed of  investigation of cases will increase and the effectiveness of  specialized investigation of corruption cases will increase.