"Civil Contract" opposes dismissal of Constitutional Court Judge 

ArmInfo. The ruling "Civil Contract" faction did not take part in the secret ballot held on March 22 on the draft appeal of the RA National Assembly to the  Constitutional Court demanding the termination of the powers of the  Constitutional Court Judge Seda Safaryan.

Earlier today, the "Armenia" opposition faction also took an  initiative.  Secretary of faction Artsvik Minasyan pointed to the  statement of lawyers Arsen Babayan and Sos Hakobyan, which provided  justifications that Seda Safaryan violated the requirements for  judges of the CC on incompatibility with another type of activity.  Meanwhile, according to lawyers, Seda Safaryan combined the work of a  member of the Constitutional Court with entrepreneurial activity, in  this case, with advocacy, which is prohibited by law.

The National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia elected Seda  Safaryan as a judge of the Constitutional Court of Armenia on  September 15, she took office on December 16. "Within a month, that  is, until January 16, Safaryan was supposed to officially renounce  her status as an individual entrepreneur, but she did it only on  January 27, that is, she was 11 days late," Minasyan noted.

In turn, MP from the ruling "Civil Contract" faction Arusyak Julakyan  stated that on November 30, Safaryan submitted a petition to the  Chamber of Advocates to suspend her lawyer's license, starting from  December 8. In fact, she has suspended her advocacy since December 5.  On December 16, she filed an application with the State Revenue  Committee to suspend her practice as a lawyer for an indefinite  period.  Based on this, according to Julakyan, it can be stated that  Safaryan made reasonable efforts to fix the termination of business  activities.

It should be noted that out of 107 MPs, only 30 parliamentarians  representing the opposition took part in the secret ballot. As a  result, the appeal to the Constitutional Court did not receive the  required number of votes. Seda Safaryan was nominated as a candidate  member of the Constitutional Court by the ruling "Civil Contract"  faction. On September 15 last year, she was elected a member of the  Constitutional Court by a majority vote of the MPs. Seda Safaryan is  known as a lawyer representing the interests of the demonstrators who  suffered in 2008 in the case against former Armenian President Robert  Kocharyan. She took part in the 2021 parliamentary elections as part  of the Shirinyan-Babajanyan democrats alliance, acting from a  pro-Western position.