ArmInfo. Gagik Jhangiryan has resigned from the post of head of the Supreme Judicial Council. Jhangiryan resigned due to health problems, Lilit Shaboyan, press secretary of the Supreme Judicial Council , said.
It should be noted that on June 20, the temporarily dismissed Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council Ruben Vardazaryan presented a scandalous recording of a conversation with Acting Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council Gagik Jhangiryan and a member of the Supreme Judicial Council Stepan Mikayelyan, which took place on February 20, 2021. In this conversation, Jhangiryan persuades Vardazaryan to leave his post, while asking him to do it "for good, quietly and peacefully." He advises to think about the future of children, family and assures that if he leaves, then all criminal cases initiated against him will be terminated. "I guarantee you this as long as I'm alive," according to the recording Jhangiryan said. After the recording was published, the Prosecutor General's Office announced that the recording of the conversation between Gagik Jhangiryan, member of the SJC Stepan Mikayelyan, and Ruben Vardazaryan, had been sent to the Investigative Committee for study. On June 23, the Supreme Judicial Council decided to terminate the powers of chairman of the SJC Ruben Vardazaryan. Vardazaryan's powers as head of the SJC were suspended in April 2021 on the basis of a criminal case brought against him for interfering with the administration of justice. Yesterday, the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) of Armenia announced that it would not bring to disciplinary responsibility Acting Chairman of the SJC Gagik Jhangiryan.