ArmInfo.. According to the results of the secret ballot, the only candidate for the post of the President of the Constitutional Court, Yervand Khundkaryan, did not receive the required number of votes. Head of Office of the Constitutional Court Edgar Ghazaryan, announced this on his Facebook page.
To note, in order to be elected, Khundkaryan had to receive from the judges of the Constitutional Court 5 votes out of 9 possible.
Earlier, Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Ararat Mirzoyan signed a law on amendments to the law "On the Constitutional Court", which was adopted on June 30. In accordance with them, the powers of all judges of the Constitutional Court are limited to 12 years. After the amendments were adopted, three judges who had worked for more than 12 years were dismissed from their posts: Alvina Gyulumyan, Hrant Nazaryan and Felix Tokhyan. Head of the court, Hrayr Tovmasyan, has become an ordinary judge. New judges will now be elected instead. One candidate is proposed by the Government, the second – by the President, and the third – by the General Assembly of Judges. Edgar Shatiryan, Candidate of Legal Sciences, became a government candidate. At the General Assembly of Judges, Head of the RA Court of Cassation Yervand Khundkaryan was elected as a candidate for the Constitutional Court judge. Arthur Vagharshyan, nominated by the President, is Doctor of Law, Professor. All three candidates were elected by an overwhelming majority during a parliamentary meeting on September 15. Further, a new head should be elected to the CC.