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ARMED BAILIFFS IN COURTS

Politics


People may see armed bailiffs welcoming them in court if the National Assembly confirms the government’s bill on making changes and additions in the “RA Judicial Code”.


“How is it possible to create a power body in the judicial system?”-this is what members of the “Heritage” faction tried to find out for two hours during a NA session today. The government’s reasons for the bill led way to disputes.


“The events that have taken place in Armenia go to show that the attempts of prisoners to break loose and assaults of the court are manifested with the use of weapons.”


“Heritage” members asked Justice Minister Gevorg Danielyan, who was presenting the bill, whether there were cases that were taken into account for such an explanation, but they weren’t able to get an answer.


“The majority has the right to carry arms and there is no guarantee that those people will be unbiased,” said member of “Heritage” Vardan Khachatryan.


Unlike the minister, he brought up examples of how biased people have used arms, taking into account the arrests of Gagik and Vardan Jhangiryan or when the biased police officer applied force.


“Heritage” is the only one against giving arms to bailiffs accepting the recent conflicts during trials as a basis. Zaruhi Postanjyan recalled that recently there have been cases when bailiffs have received orders to attack journalists or relatives of the guilty, for example, journalists Gagik Shamshyan and Gohar Veziryan.


“What does this change imply? If the bailiffs had weapons, there would be no guarantee that they would not fire.”


According to Larisa Alaverdyan, if the government continues with this logic, the judicial system and all bodies must be armed.


Besides “Heritage”, Galust Sahakyan also spoke about this bill.


“You can say the same for deputies-check their psychological situation, they might take the gun and fire.”


“Heritage” members agreed with him. The NA committee for state legal issues gave its consent to the bill and regardless of the opinions of “Heritage”, it could be said that this change will be approved and bailiffs will be armed. The National Assembly is moving on and is discussing the package presented by the government to make changes in the “RA Criminal Court Code”.