During the meeting with judge candidate of the Constitutional Court Yervand Khundkaryan, who is nominated by the General Assembly of Judges, the deputies of the My Step faction of the National Assembly also asked him questions about holding the position of President of the Constitutional Court. This is what deputy of the My Step faction Lusine Badalyan told reporters today.
Asked what kind of questions the deputies had asked Khundkaryan, Badalyan said the following: “The questions were particularly related to the cases that the judge candidate has examined in the past. We asked all of our questions, but I can’t say that the answers were very exhaustive.”
Asked if she sees Khundkaryan as President of the Constitutional Court, Badalyan said the following: “He didn’t show the pretensions to become President of the Constitutional Court, even if he had pretensions. All judge candidates of the Constitutional Court are potential Presidents of the Constitutional Court for the My Step faction.”
When told that during the meeting reporters heard how MP Sos Avetisyan had said that Khundkaryan has the pretension to become President of the Constitutional Court, Badalyan said she might have missed that part and the issue has been raised from time to time.
Talking about the meeting earlier, head of the My Step faction Lilit Makunts had tried not to answer reporters’ question about the possibility of Khundkaryan becoming President of the Constitutional Court and stated the following: “I can’t say anything about the judge candidate becoming or being elected or not elected President of the Constitutional Court because the candidate also has to come to parliament where he will be asked questions, after which deputies will decide whether they will vote in favor or against Khundkaryan.”