CC judge Alvina Gyulumyan not planning to resign

Judge of the Constitutional Court Alvina Gyulumyan is not going to resign following the legislative initiative of the Justice Ministry.

“I may speak on my behalf only, and I state that I am not going to resign,” Gyulumyan stated.

The bill on amendments in the Judicial legislation and in constitutional law about Constitutional Court clarifies the regulation about early retirement of the CC members.

According to the bill, the member of the Constitutional Court who will resign before her/his retirement age will get salary till the mentioned age.

Asked how she assesses the legislative initiative and whether it may be considered a pressure on the CC, Gyulumyan said she will not give any political assessments.

“Let me not give political assessments. The Constitutional Court is the establishment the opinions over activity of which may differ. If we deal with the analysis of these opinions we may violate our political neutrality and legislative demand to display restraint,” she said.