RA PRESIDENT ATTACHES IMPORTANCE TO ESTABLISHMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS

YEREVAN, January 19 (Noyan Tapan). The necessity of establishment of
administrative courts and elaboration of the legislative package as
quickly as possible is important in the context of reforms of court
and legal system. RA President Robert Kocharian said this during the
January 19 working meeting with Davit Haroutiunian, RA Minister of
Justice. During the meeting it was mentioned that the system of
administrative courts widely used in international practice will give
an opportunity to protect citizens’ and juridical persons’ interests
in arguments with officials’ staffs through specialized courts. It’s
envisaged to put the administrative courts into operation in Armenia
starting from 2006. According to the RA President’s Press Service,
D.Haroutiunian also represented other directions of work planned in
the system for 2005. The directions, in particular, attached
importance to successful fulfilment of the next stage of reforms in
court and legal sphere and considerable improvement of work of
services on obligatory execution of penitentiary and legal acts.