I don’t understand what people mean by ‘destruction’ when they talk about the merger of the higher court instances and the application of the Constitution in courts. This is what Minister of Justice of Armenia Rustam Badasyan told reporters in parliament today, touching upon the criticism according to which the act of merging the Constitutional Court and the Court of Cassation is considered an act of destroying the already existing system.

“I don’t accept the discourse on destruction at all. If we go with the same logic, why was the semi-presidential system being destroyed?  As far as the establishment of the Supreme Court is concerned, there is a commission set up under the principle of inclusivity, and this only has a positive impact on the process in general.

Another good thing about the establishment of the Supreme Court is that it will ensure a common practice and will rule out courts that will fail to implement the judicial acts of the Constitutional Court. There are many other advantages of the model of the Supreme Court, and there are nuances that will be considered in detail,” he said.