Ruling party`s rep must be Armenia`s minister of justice - Civil  Contract 

ArmInfo. The position of the Minister of Justice of Armenia should be occupied by a representative  of the ruling Civil Contract party in the country. This was stated to journalists by the member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Arpi Davoyan on October 1, commenting on the resignation of  the current head of the Ministry of Justice Grigor Minasyan. 

According to the deputy, the members of parliament from the ruling  faction, having organized the collection of signatures for Minasyan's  resignation, only fulfilled the control functions assigned to them.   "The concerns of the deputies did not arise today or yesterday, this  is a rather long process. For this reason, it is not true to say that  the decision to resign Minasyan was made yesterday," Davoyan said,  refusing to provide the parliamentarians' justifications.

In turn, another member of the RA National Assembly, Lusine Badalyan,  called on journalists not to link Grigor Minasyan's relationship with  his brother, the son-in-law of the third President of the Republic of  Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, as a reason for his dismissal. According to  her, it is only about the quality of the work done by the minister.  "Grigor Minasyan is no different from other members of the  government. I personally have grounds to demand reports on the  planned and implemented programs from all members of the government,  whether they have fulfilled all the promises they made to the people.  In other words, there is no talk of any personal problems," Badalyan  said, recalling that Grigor Minasyan was dismissed from the post of  Minister of Justice in accordance with his statement. She added that  if certain projects are not implemented, then, accordingly, a demand  for responsibility should be made. Today, according to Badalyan,  there are problems not only in the Ministry of Justice. "I would like  the heads of all departments to know that all available control  mechanisms are applied in the National Assembly," said Lusine  Badalyan.

Earlier a group of MPs from the ruling Civil Contract faction began  collecting signatures for an appeal to the head of government  demanding the resignation of Grigor Minasyan. To collect signatures,  it was necessary to collect 24 signatures. The dissatisfaction of the  parliamentarians was caused by the fact that the government should  include a person from the ruling team. The MPs also took into account  the fact that the current Minister of Justice is the brother of the  former ambassador to the Vatican Mikael Minasyan, the son-in-law of  the third President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. The  situation was aggravated by the fact that Sirvard Gevorgyan, a  classmate of the daughter of the second President of the Republic of  Armenia Robert Kocharyan, was recently appointed to the post of  deputy minister. The latter, by the way, left her post after the  ensuing discussions. Let us recall that Grigor Minasyan's candidacy  for the post of the RA Minister of Justice was previously recommended  by the Chairman of the RA Supreme Judicial Council Karen Andreasyan,  who maintains friendly relations with the current head of the  Ministry of Justice.  Armenian media reported that in the event of  Minasyan's resignation, Andreasyan would also submit a petition for  dismissal from his post.