YEREVAN. – No reference was made to the matter of the government’s nominating its candidate for a judge of the Constitutional Court; neither questions were asked nor was special reference made. Lilit Makunts, the head of the majority My Step faction in the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia, stated this in a talk with journalists Monday, after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s meeting with the faction.

She added that there was no discussion on a merger of the Constitutional Court and the Court of Cassation either.

As for the possibility of the government nominating Edgar Shatiryan as a candidate for a judge of the Constitutional Court, Makunts said as follows, in particular: "The My Step faction cannot make a decision on who will be the government’s candidate for a judge of the Constitutional Court."

She stressed that since Shatiryan's candidacy is being discussed as a possible candidate, the My Step faction considered it expedient to meet with him. "There have been issues that had arisen in the past also in connection with [his] resigning from membership in the Corruption Prevention Commission," Makunts added.

And to the question as to when a special session of the parliament will be convened to elect the three new judges of the Constitutional Court, she responded. "As far as I know, no special session is planned. If it is necessary, this session will be convened on the initiative of the NA president."