Prosecutor general’s father to take over consular office?

Zhoghovurd: Prosecutor general’s father to take over consular office?

11:30 * 29.01.15

The paper says it has learned from sources that Prosecutor General
Gevorg Kostanyan’s father is going to be appointed Armenia’s consul in
Odessa.

Surik Kostanyan, who was the president of a first-instance court in
Yerevan’s Shengavit administrative district, was quite recently
suspended from office based on his personal notice. Health reasons are
claimed to be reasons behind his decision.

The paper questions how a man, who isn’t healthy enough to officiate
as a judge, can represent a country as a consul in a foreign state.

“Such a thing can happen only in Armenia. In our reality, the offices
of ambassadors, consuls and advisors have turned into good-will
[presidential] decrees,” the paper comments.

From: Baghdasarian