Prosecutor General`s Office sent scandalous recording of conversation  with participation of head of Supreme Judicial Council to  Investigative Committee

ArmInfo. The Prosecutor General's Office sent to the Investigative Committee a recording of the conversation between current head of the Supreme Judicial Council  (SJC) Gagik Jhangiryan, SJC member Stepan Mikayelyan and former  Chairman of the SJC Ruben Vardazaryan, which the latter made public  during a press conference on June 20. Gor Abrahamyan, adviser to the  Prosecutor General of Armenia, announced this on his Facebook page.  He noted that the audio materials were sent to the Investigative  Committee for a complete, objective and comprehensive verification.

It should be noted that during a press conference today, Ruben  Vardazaryan, whose powers as chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council  were suspended, presented a scandalous record in which Gagik  Jhangiryan demanded that the current head of the Supreme Judicial  Council leave his post.

"I was going to publish an audio recording, but I was deprived of  this opportunity," Ruben Vardazaryan said. According to him, it  becomes clear from this record why a political decision was made that  he should not serve as chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council.

It should be noted that after the publicity of the recording, which  was made in February 2021, the Supreme Judicial Council stated that  it would not comment on it, emphasizing that the recording was made  without the knowledge of the head of the Supreme Court of Justice.

The "Armenia" bloc also published a statement in connection with the  incident, which says that the recording contains a comparison of the  obvious elements of a crime, illegal interference in the composition  of the Constitutional Court, facts of interference in criminal cases  and threats in case of failure to comply with specific requirements.

"These circumstances should be the subject of an investigation by  those law enforcement agencies who, in fact, according to the  published recording, may be given instructions on mandatory execution  by the well- known member of the Supreme Judicial Council Gagik  Jhangiryan. The recording also contains promises to interfere in  political activities, and its consequences are actually recorded by  the international community allegedly fair and transparent  parliamentary elections," the statement said.

Gagik Jhangiryan was appointed to the post of chairman of the head of  the SJC  at a closed meeting on April 15, 2021, while Vardazaryan did  not officially resign.