to the results of the written qualification examination conducted in a special order for the purpose of replenishing the criminal specialization section of the list of candidates for judges 168.amthe referred to about a month ago on July 1st.

We wrote that none of the 32 candidates for the position of judge had scored a passing score of 80, which meant that no one from this list could become a judge. Among them were Hayk Avetyan, a public prosecutor with a political voice, and Nerses Zeynalyan, advisor to the Minister of Justice.  

However, on July 30, it became known that the results of the written qualification examination conducted in a special order to fill the criminal specialization section of the unified list of candidates for judges have been summarized.

According to the publication, according to the data published by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), two candidates passed the necessary passing points and passed the interview stage.

“The highest result was recorded by Nerses Zhirayri Zeynalyan, who received 50 points in the stage of test tasks, and 31.5 points as a result of the assessment of legal issues. His total score was 81.5 points.

The second candidate, Hayk Vahani Kamalyan, received 46 points for test tasks and 34 points for solving legal problems, providing a total result of 80 points., was mentioned statement in

It turns out that the two mentioned candidates have secured the passing threshold as a result of the appeal. 23 in a special order to fill the criminal specialization section of the list of candidates for judges․12 of the aspirants who participated in the written qualification exam held in 06.2026 filed complaints about the results of the written exam, as a result of which Nerses Zeynalyan’s test assignment score changed from 44 to 50, and the 26.5 points obtained as a result of solving legal problems became 31.5. That is, after raising the grades of the assignments by 6 and 5 points, respectively, Nerses Zeynalyan got 81.5 points and got the opportunity to participate in the interview stage.

Hayk Kamalyan’s points were also increased by 1 and 12 points, respectively. The latter will also participate in the interview stage.

The chairman of the appeal commission is former judge, now lawyer Sergey Marabyan, the members are acting judges Makar Kirakosyan and Tigran Voskanyan.

It should also be noted that the appeal committee of each, including: Enter Zeynalyan and: Hayk Kamalyan issued a decision on complaints. The decisions are anonymous, suggesting that the appeals committee was not aware of whose work it was reviewing.

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