ArmInfo. Raising wages will not resolve the issue of judicial independence. Candidate for the position of member of the Supreme Judicial Council Gagik Jhangiryan stated this from the rostrum of the parliament.
ArmInfo. Gagik Jhangiryan, a candidate for the position of a member of the Supreme Judicial Council, has a negative attitude to the idea of establishing a Supreme Court. Jhangiryan stated this on January 22 from the rostrum of the parliament.
ArmInfo. The "Prosperous Armenia" faction will not participate in discussions and voting on the election of new members of the Supreme Judicial Council. Secretary of the faction Arman Abovyan stated this in an interview with reporters.
ArmInfo. The "Bright Armenia" faction will not participate in discussions and voting on the election of new members of the Supreme Judicial Council. MP from the "Bright Armenia" faction Taron Simonyan said this in an interview with journalists. According to Simonyan, at the beginning of the extraordinary sitting he wished to make a statement, however, either the procedure did not allow it, or the NA President ignored this attempt. As a result, the faction decided to leave the meeting room.
ArmInfo. The court chaired by Anna Danibekyan ruled to reject the motion of the lawyers of second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, to remove the prosecutors from the case. Danibekyan announced the decision on January 22. It should be noted that on January 19 Robert Kocharyan's lawyers Hayk Alumyan, Aram Vardevanyan, Hovhannes Khudoyan and lawyer of the former Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan, Erik Aleksanyan presented this motion to the court during the hearing. The lawyers noted that the prosecutors are subjective about Kocharyan case and are fulfilling the order of the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The court's decision is not subject to appeal.
ArmInfo. The main task of the Supreme Judicial Council is to ensure the independence of the judicial system in Armenia. This was stated from the rostrum of the parliament by the candidate for the post of member of the Supreme Judicial Council Gagik Jhangiryan.
ArmInfo. A protest action is being held near the building of the Armenian parliament demanding not to elect Gagik Jhangiryan and Armen Khachatryan to the post of members of the Supreme Judicial Council.
ArmInfo. The RA Ministry of Emergency Situations informs that there are closed highways in Armenia.
ArmInfo.Over the past day, 183 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Armenia. Over the past day, 2,042 tests were performed.