Gagik Jahangiryan (left) and Davit Khachaturyan were installed as new members of Armenia’s Supreme Judicial Council
YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am) Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s My Step bloc installed on Friday two new members of a state body empowered to nominate, sanction and fire Armenian judges.
The Armenian parliament appointed Gagik Jahangiryan, a controversial former prosecutor, and legal expert Davit Khachaturian to vacant seats in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) in a vote boycotted by its opposition minority.
“We do not find it politically expedient to take part in the vote,” Iveta Tonoyan, a senior lawmaker from the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party, told reporters. She said her party also has “reservations” about both candidates nominated by My Step.