YEREVAN. – If a judge candidate in Armenia does not have a Master's degree, he or she must have at least 15 years of professional experience. Artur Davtyan, an MP of the ruling My Step bloc and author of the draft law on amendments to the Judicial Code of Armenia, said this at the sitting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs while debating on this bill.

He added that under the current legislation there are certain requirements for judge candidates who, for example, want to become a judge of the Constitutional Court.

"They have to have higher legal education and 15 years of work experience," Davtyan said. "And if those people are lawyers, even in a lemonade production company, they also have the right to become a judge of the Constitutional Court."

After the long debates, this parliamentary committee endorsed this law initiative, but in part.