Anti-Corruption Committee president resigns

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 18, ARMENPRESS. President of the Anti-Corruption Committee Sasun Khachatryan has tendered his resignation, the committee’s press service told Armenpress.

Khachatryan’s resignation was preceded by the resignation of Karen Andreasyan, the head of the Supreme Judicial Council.

During last week’s Cabinet meeting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan strongly criticized Armenia’s judicial and law-enforcement bodies for failing to end a perceived lack of justice in the country.

According to unconfirmed media reports several other high-profile resignations will follow.