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    POOR JUDGES
    ARMAN GHARIBYAN

    Lragir.am
    15 Oct 2010

    Constitutional reforms, though rendered the judicial system freer from
    the legal point of view, but in fact, judges still obey the offices
    of the president and the prosecutor general, various officials and
    oligarchs.

    Member of Armenian Chamber of Advocates Hayk Alumyan, at the invitation
    of Sardarapat movement, dwelt on the dependence of judicial bodies
    and ways to overcome it.

    In 1995, a board supervising judges composed of 9 judges, 3 prosecutors
    and 2 scientists, was planned. Hayk Alumyan says even if all the
    judges in the board are honest, they will face the temptation to use
    their position to ask something to judges.

    According to him, the dependence of judges is determined not only by
    law but also shadow pressure.

    According to Hayk Alumyan, judges depend on the Court of Cassation
    and before taking any decision, they turn to this Court to know what
    to do. The Lawyer mentions also judges' dependence on the president
    and his staff. He says the president decides the professional destiny
    of judges.

    Judges depend also on Special Services and the Prosecutor's office
    because they gather material against all the judges and use them when
    the judges become persona non grata for them. According to Alumyan,
    sons of many judges work in the General Prosecutor's office and for
    the sake of the career of their sons, judges are forced to fulfill
    the orders of the Prosecutor's office.

    Hayk Alumyan says that the judges depend on oligarchs and officials
    and if one of the parties of a trial is an oligarch, the likelihood
    that the other party will win the case is little.

    He says that judges depend on everyone except people. As a way out,
    Hayk Alumyan points out the direct election of judges. Such a mechanism
    is used in the United Stated and was once used in the Soviet Union.




    From: A. Papazian
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