During a discussion on the package of reforms in the Judicial Code in the first reading in parliament today, deputy of the ruling My Step Alliance Suren Grigoryan said people in Armenia need to understand the times in which they are living and realize that the country is in a non-standard situation.

Touching upon the issue of reducing the age limit for judges from 28 to 25, Grigoryan particularly stated that nobody says experience won’t be taken into consideration and added that all attorneys say people will trust young judges more than judges of the elder generation.

Based on the package of reforms in the Judicial Code proposed by the government, it is proposed to change the number of members of the Ethics and Disciplinary Committee and accept up to 8 members. Moreover, two of them will be nominated by active NGOs in Armenia, but they need to be academic lawyers. In addition, it is assumed that there will be a five-member committee for assessing the activities of judges. Judges will have to take a psychological test before becoming judges, and alongside this, the minimum age limit will be reduced from 28 to 25. When introducing the proposed changes, Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan assured that the reforms had been widely discussed and studied at the international level and had been approved by the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe.