ArmInfo. The Prosecutor General's Office sent to the Investigative Committee a recording of the conversation between current head of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Gagik Jhangiryan, SJC member Stepan Mikayelyan and former Chairman of the SJC Ruben Vardazaryan, which the latter made public during a press conference on June 20. Gor Abrahamyan, adviser to the Prosecutor General of Armenia, announced this on his Facebook page. He noted that the audio materials were sent to the Investigative Committee for a complete, objective and comprehensive verification.
It should be noted that during a press conference today, Ruben Vardazaryan, whose powers as chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council were suspended, presented a scandalous record in which Gagik Jhangiryan demanded that the current head of the Supreme Judicial Council leave his post.
"I was going to publish an audio recording, but I was deprived of this opportunity," Ruben Vardazaryan said. According to him, it becomes clear from this record why a political decision was made that he should not serve as chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council.
It should be noted that after the publicity of the recording, which was made in February 2021, the Supreme Judicial Council stated that it would not comment on it, emphasizing that the recording was made without the knowledge of the head of the Supreme Court of Justice.
The "Armenia" bloc also published a statement in connection with the incident, which says that the recording contains a comparison of the obvious elements of a crime, illegal interference in the composition of the Constitutional Court, facts of interference in criminal cases and threats in case of failure to comply with specific requirements.
"These circumstances should be the subject of an investigation by those law enforcement agencies who, in fact, according to the published recording, may be given instructions on mandatory execution by the well- known member of the Supreme Judicial Council Gagik Jhangiryan. The recording also contains promises to interfere in political activities, and its consequences are actually recorded by the international community allegedly fair and transparent parliamentary elections," the statement said.
Gagik Jhangiryan was appointed to the post of chairman of the head of the SJC at a closed meeting on April 15, 2021, while Vardazaryan did not officially resign.
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