SESSION OF NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES PACE OF JUDICIAL REFORMS
ARMENPRESS
Oct 13, 2008
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 13, ARMENPRESS: Session of the National Security
Council took place October 11 chaired by the head of the council,
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.
Presidential press service told Armenpress that Secretary General of
the council Arthur Baghdasarian and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian
presented reports and summed up the results of "Rubezh 2008" military
exercises held within CSTO, discussed issue of military-political
cooperation within the framework of the CSTO.
During the session the participants also discussed pace of reforms
in judicial sphere. In this respect the president said that there is
serious complaint of the courts in Armenia and the reforms carried
out in the legislative sphere are not enough for the increase of the
role of the courts. The president highly underscored the necessity of
fighting against bribery and corruption in courts, adding that hence
for the assessment of the pace of reforms in the judicial sphere he
will not be guided by the length of the list of the carried out steps
but by the trust of the public towards the system.
He stated that hence the staff of the president will order relevant
specialized sociological polls to understand not only the level
of trust of people towards the judicial system but also its change
and dynamics.
Summing up the session the president said that the issue will be
under the limelight of the National Security Council. Serzh Sargsyan
also assigned to conduct wide public and specialized discussions over
judicial reforms.