Armenian Parliament discusses candidacy of member of Constitutional  Court

ArmInfo.At its plenary session on May 21, the National Assembly of Armenia discussed the candidacy  of a member of the Constitutional Court.  According to Part 1. Article 166 of the RA Constitution, the general meeting of judges nominated David Khachaturyan for this position.

Earlier on January 4, the powers of Constitutional Court Judge Arayik  Tunyan were terminated. On March 29, the general meeting of judges  again nominated Judge of the Criminal Chamber of the Court of  Cassation David Khachaturyan as a candidate for the position of judge  of the Constitutional Court.

Presenting the biography of the candidate, the head of the RA Court  of Cassation, Lilit Tadevosyan, in her speech did not indicate the  fact that David Khachaturyan had previously worked at the Open   Society Foundations - Armenia, which was noted by MP from the   opposition "Armenia" faction Agnessa Hamoyan. She recalled that the  majority in the General Meeting of Judges had previously voted not  for Khachaturyan, but for David Balayan, the son of former member of  the Constitutional Court Kim Balayan. However, already in parliament,  the ruling Civil Contract faction did not participate in the  elections of Balayan and actually failed them. Now the candidacy of  Khachaturyan, who has less support in the General Council of Judges,  has been submitted to parliament. Hamoyan considered this decision  disrespect for the judiciary. "In fact, the ruling faction of the  National Assembly failed in the election of a candidate from the  general meeting of judges and did not participate in the voting,  because it wanted to bring  Khachaturyan to the Constitutional Court,  and this is obvious," said Hamoyan.