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ROBERT KOCHARIAN FAMILIARIZES HIMSELF WITH WORK ON DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPT OF COURT AND LEGAL REFORMS AND PREPARATION OF LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE
Noyan Tapan
May 30 2006
YEREVAN, MAY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian President Robert Kocharian
on May 30 conducted a consultation with the participation of the
working group set up in order to develop a concept of court and legal
reforms and prepare a necessary legislative package. The President
said that he intends to familiarize himself with the process of
work, to have an idea how rapidly the work proceeds and when it
will be completed. Presenting the work done, the head of the working
group, Justice Minister David Harutyunian said that European, more
specifically Lithuanian model has been selected as a guide for reforms.
According to him, the development of the package of a court concept
has been completed, and the working group has begun discussing the
prosecutor-related section.
He noted that legislative work will soon start in parallel. The
consultation participants also discussed some issues, which are
related to adoption of a number of important tasks and approaches and
with respect to which there were some disagreements in the process
of work. According to the RA President's press service, Robert
Kocharian appealed to those present to be above narrow departmental
interests and try to find some reasonable solutions. In his words,
the reforms are aimed at forming balanced relations of the jusicial
power and efficently functioning bodies to fight crime. Instructing the
consultation participants to proceed in accordance with the schedule,
the President said that if it is possible to adopt the whole package
until the autumn, it will be a significant step forward from the
viewpoint of creating an independent court and legal system.
Noyan Tapan
May 30 2006
YEREVAN, MAY 30, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian President Robert Kocharian
on May 30 conducted a consultation with the participation of the
working group set up in order to develop a concept of court and legal
reforms and prepare a necessary legislative package. The President
said that he intends to familiarize himself with the process of
work, to have an idea how rapidly the work proceeds and when it
will be completed. Presenting the work done, the head of the working
group, Justice Minister David Harutyunian said that European, more
specifically Lithuanian model has been selected as a guide for reforms.
According to him, the development of the package of a court concept
has been completed, and the working group has begun discussing the
prosecutor-related section.
He noted that legislative work will soon start in parallel. The
consultation participants also discussed some issues, which are
related to adoption of a number of important tasks and approaches and
with respect to which there were some disagreements in the process
of work. According to the RA President's press service, Robert
Kocharian appealed to those present to be above narrow departmental
interests and try to find some reasonable solutions. In his words,
the reforms are aimed at forming balanced relations of the jusicial
power and efficently functioning bodies to fight crime. Instructing the
consultation participants to proceed in accordance with the schedule,
the President said that if it is possible to adopt the whole package
until the autumn, it will be a significant step forward from the
viewpoint of creating an independent court and legal system.