PRESIDENT CAN’T BE GUARANTOR OF INDEPENDENT JURIDICAL SYSTEM

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13:22:14 | 05-03-2005 | Politics |

According to the acting Constitution and the draft of amendments represented
by the parliamentary coalition, chairman of the Justice Council is the
President, who appears as the guarantor of the independence of the juridical
bodies. In its intermediate report the Venice Committee expressed the
opinion that the President’s presidency over the Justice Council causes
certain complications. In this view the Committee remind of the European
Charter on the status of Judge, which stressed the absolute independence of
the Justice Council both of the executive and legislative power. We tried to
find out the opinion of our citizens regarding this issue. Thus we ask 100
people the following question:
Should the President head the Justice Council?
5% of the surveyed said “yes”, 40% found difficulty in answering. “I do not
know”, “Can’t say”, “Have no idea” – these were their answers. 50% of the
respondents were categorically against.
“The leader of the republic should deal with foreign and domestic policy and
should not intervene in the justice processes not to make the judges
completely dependent”, a man of about 40 said.
To remind the Justice Council compiles and submits to the President’s
confirmation annual lists of professional propriety and carrier advance of
the judges and prosecutors and the appointments are made on the basis of
these lists.
Karine Asatryan

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress