Independent deputies of the National Assembly of Armenia Taguhi Tovmasyan, Vardan Atabekyan, Anna Grigoryan, Sofia Hovsepyan, Gor Gevorgyan and Sergey Bagratyan yesterday met with candidate for chairperson of the Court of Cassation Lilit Tadevosyan and judge candidates Armen Mkrtchyan and Armen Haykyants.

Judicial-legal reforms and the problems with and prospects for freedom of courts were discussed during the meeting. The interlocutors attached importance to the need to have an independent judiciary and exchanged views on the creation of a toolkit required for reducing the workload of courts, accountability of the activities of the Court of Cassation and the need for contact with the society.

The independent MPs listened to the candidates and asked them questions about sector-specific issues and their visions for solutions to those issues.