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Serzh Sargsyan: Efficiency of courts system can not and must not be
related to concrete individuals
12:46 29/09/2012 » Law
On September 28, President Serzh Sargsyan invited a meeting with the
participation of the representatives of the RA judicial system. The
meeting addressed issues related to the improvement of the RA Court of
Cassation as well as overload of the courts and organization of court
proceedings in a reasonable timeframe, presidential press service
reported.
Reports on the mentioned issues were presented by the Chairman of the
RA Court of Cassation Arman Mkrtumian, RA Minister of Justice Hrayr
Tovmassian, and President of the Chamber of Lawyers Ruben Sahakyan.
The President instructed to look more thoroughly into the proposals
presented in the reports and to prepare a package of necessary
legislative changes.
At the meeting, discussed were issues which impede organization of the
proceedings at the courts of first instance in a reasonable timeframe,
such as uneven distribution of cases among the courts related to the
territorial jurisdiction as well as an uneven distribution of cases
among the judges of one particular court.
President Serzh Sargsyan attached special importance to the
implementation of the instructions issued during the previous meetings
and aimed at the redressing of the raised issues and to their
importance in the light of the normal functioning of the courts.
`I have said more than once that any issue related to the normal
functioning of the courts commands the most serious attitude.
Reservations regarding such issues are simply unacceptable and
inexcusable. Efficiency of the courts system can not and must not be
related to concrete individuals, or insufficient and careless work.
We have set a clear-cut guide mark: enrooting of the rule of law and
justice in every area of our social life. I am confident that we will
be able to overcome every hurdle on this route and indifference or
excuse for failure will not be tolerated.
The time has come to understand that this process is irreversible and
should be kept pace with, or to put it more clearly - those who will
not keep pace, have no future.
We are talking about the overload of the courts and speedy conduct of
proceeding for the second time. We referred to this problem one year
ago, and at that time in the court system were revealed both objective
and subjective problems and concrete instructions were given to
eliminated them,' President Serzh Sargsyan said. The President
underscored that the proceedings should not be expedited at the
expense of the quality and hasty decisions shouldn't be made, at the
same time unwarranted prolongations are simply unacceptable.
At the meeting it was noted that subjective reasons which impede
organization of the proceedings in a reasonable timeframe have not
been totally eliminated and they continue to impact negatively the
overload of the courts.
As for the objective reasons, the President instructed to introduce
changes in the legislation and based on the statistical data regarding
the overload of the judges in a number of courts to increase the
number of judges. The heads of relevant structures were instructed to
undertake also other legal means in a short period of time to unload
the courts.
Source: Panorama.am
related to concrete individuals
12:46 29/09/2012 » Law
On September 28, President Serzh Sargsyan invited a meeting with the
participation of the representatives of the RA judicial system. The
meeting addressed issues related to the improvement of the RA Court of
Cassation as well as overload of the courts and organization of court
proceedings in a reasonable timeframe, presidential press service
reported.
Reports on the mentioned issues were presented by the Chairman of the
RA Court of Cassation Arman Mkrtumian, RA Minister of Justice Hrayr
Tovmassian, and President of the Chamber of Lawyers Ruben Sahakyan.
The President instructed to look more thoroughly into the proposals
presented in the reports and to prepare a package of necessary
legislative changes.
At the meeting, discussed were issues which impede organization of the
proceedings at the courts of first instance in a reasonable timeframe,
such as uneven distribution of cases among the courts related to the
territorial jurisdiction as well as an uneven distribution of cases
among the judges of one particular court.
President Serzh Sargsyan attached special importance to the
implementation of the instructions issued during the previous meetings
and aimed at the redressing of the raised issues and to their
importance in the light of the normal functioning of the courts.
`I have said more than once that any issue related to the normal
functioning of the courts commands the most serious attitude.
Reservations regarding such issues are simply unacceptable and
inexcusable. Efficiency of the courts system can not and must not be
related to concrete individuals, or insufficient and careless work.
We have set a clear-cut guide mark: enrooting of the rule of law and
justice in every area of our social life. I am confident that we will
be able to overcome every hurdle on this route and indifference or
excuse for failure will not be tolerated.
The time has come to understand that this process is irreversible and
should be kept pace with, or to put it more clearly - those who will
not keep pace, have no future.
We are talking about the overload of the courts and speedy conduct of
proceeding for the second time. We referred to this problem one year
ago, and at that time in the court system were revealed both objective
and subjective problems and concrete instructions were given to
eliminated them,' President Serzh Sargsyan said. The President
underscored that the proceedings should not be expedited at the
expense of the quality and hasty decisions shouldn't be made, at the
same time unwarranted prolongations are simply unacceptable.
At the meeting it was noted that subjective reasons which impede
organization of the proceedings in a reasonable timeframe have not
been totally eliminated and they continue to impact negatively the
overload of the courts.
As for the objective reasons, the President instructed to introduce
changes in the legislation and based on the statistical data regarding
the overload of the judges in a number of courts to increase the
number of judges. The heads of relevant structures were instructed to
undertake also other legal means in a short period of time to unload
the courts.
Source: Panorama.am