Karen Tumanyan appointed as the SJC acting head  

ArmInfo. Karen Tumanyan has been appointed as the acting chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council, as reported on the official website of the RA Judicial  Department.

Tumanyan joined the SJC as a member in February of this year.

Earlier, today, at the <request> of Nikol Pashinyan, Minister  of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Gnel Sanosyan, heads  of the State Revenue Committee Rustam Badasyan and the Investigative  Committee Argishti Kyaramyan, Minister of Internal Affairs Vahe  Ghazaryan and heads of the Investigative Committee resigned. Karen  Andreasyan, the head of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) and Sasun  Khachatryan, the chairman of the Anti-Corruption Committee of  Armenia, also stepped down from their positions.

In a statement on his Facebook page, Nikol Pashinyan explained that  he had requested several high-ranking officials to resign. <The  reasons for making such a request are not personal, but systemic, as  I have publicly spoken about >, Nikol Pashinyan wrote.