RA Government guarantees high salaries for CC justices, Syunik  families deprived of family benefits - politician 

ArmInfo. Artur Mikaelyan, a representative of the opposition party "Strong Armenia," drew a curious parallel between the lawsuits currently being heard in the RA  Constitutional Court by seven political forces challenging the  results of the parliamentary elections and the significant salary  increase for Constitutional Court judges.

On his Facebook page, the politician noted that a law significantly  increasing the salaries of Constitutional Court judges recently came  into force. 46,775,000 drams will be allocated to nine Constitutional  Court judges this year. Meanwhile, pensions for retirees have  increased by only 10,000 drams.

"The government guarantees salaries of tens of millions of drams to  nine judges, while at the same time, in the Syunik region, under the  so-called new system for assessing insecurity, approximately 869  families have lost their family benefits, that is, their minimum  means of subsistence," stated Artur Mikaelyan, questioning why the  government has specifically addressed the salaries of Constitutional  Court judges during the pre-election period. He believes this is  another calculation to preserve their own positions. "Is this done to  ensure judicial independence or to maintain power for the ruling  Civil Contract party? Why was this law adopted just days before the  start of the election campaign?" Artur Mikaelyan asked, adding that  the public should know the answers.