The Supreme Court has suspended the powers of judges Masis Malkonian and Gaborak Poghosian.
The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) revoked the immunity of judges Masis Malkonian and Gheburg Foghosian and their powers were suspended.
We will remind you that today the press disseminated information that the Supreme Court received petitions from the Attorney General's Office to initiate criminal proceedings against judges Massis Malkonian and Gheburg Foghosian and to deprive them of their freedom.
Earlier, the Prosecutor's Office confirmed that on the basis of Part 1 of Article 161 of the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Armenia "The Legal Code of the Republic of Armenia", the department submitted 2 petitions to the Supreme Judicial Council for approval to initiate criminal proceedings against two judges in connection with the exercise of their powers.