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Recently the Chairman of Cassation Court Hovhannes Manukyan has resigned from his position. This has become a point for various comments. Panorama.am managed to get some short interpretations from Mr. Manukyan.

Panorama.am: Mr. Manukyan after Your resignation mass media has started to spread various rumors. Your resignation has been put together with even “March 1 events”, etc.

H. Manukyan: In my resignation I have presented the reason to it, which says that I would like to change my sphere of activities. There is no other reason to my resignation. All other information spread by the mass media is only interpretations and rumors.

Panorama.am: Anyway, Your recent decision is to be closely connected with March 1 events and post electoral criminal actions.

H. Manukyan: The head of Cassation Court has the liability to express his attitude on any case if it is under its procedure. The cases you’ve named have nothing to do with me. Hence, the resignation could not be connected with it.

Panorama.am: It was told that insufficient developments of court legal reforms have caused to Your decision.

H. Manukyan: The reforms made in the previous year had some gaps and shortcomings but they also have other positive sides. Of course, I accept that we made some shortcomings too. But those reforms are continuous.

Panorama.am: What are You going to do in these one-two months?

H. Manukyan: I am going to pay much attention on my family and to develop my knowledge of foreign languages.