The former president of the Yerevan Criminal Court, now retired, “famous” judge in many politically charged cases, Artur Mkrtchyan, decided to become a non-judge member of the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee of the General Assembly of Judges.

About this 168.amthe was informed From the official website of the judiciary.

Today we learned that Artur Mkrtchyan regretted. no longer wants to examine the conduct of judges.

What was his motivation to become a member of the commission is perhaps clear, but we will try to understand why Artur Mkrtchyan withdrew his application in the near future.

At this moment, let’s note that the former judge who examined the case of the 2nd President of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharyan and granted the arrest petition, gave instructions to the judge examining the case of “Gagik Soghomyanian”, left the case of the former Minister of Finance Gagik Khachatryan unfinished due to his retirement, and examined other politically charged cases, at some point wanted to become a member of the commission examining the conduct of judges.

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