Top Judicial Official Hails Government Plans For New Judges
Հունվար 29, 2021
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The head of a state body overseeing Armenian courts backed on Friday a government proposal to hire new judges who would deal only with corruption cases or pre-trial arrests of criminal suspects.
A bill approved by the Armenian government earlier this month calls for the selection of up to 21 such judges for the courts of first instance. Three other new judges specializing in arrests or corruption-related offenses would be appointed to the Court of Appeals.
Justice Minister Rustam Badasian said on January 14 that the new judges would reduce the workload of courts increasingly overwhelmed by pending criminal and civil cases. He said they should also hand down “more objective” rulings on arrest warrants demanded by investigators.