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Yervand Khundkaryan, a newly elected judge of the Constitutional Court of Armenia, has not yet made a decision on self-nominating for chairman of the country’s top court, he told reporters on Thursday.

Khundkaryan said no candidate has been nominated by judges or self-nominated for the position so far.

The judge made the same comments when speaking to reporters on Wednesday, adding he had not yet made up his mind on nominating another Constitutional Court judge for the post.

The Constitutional Court held a working session on Wednesday, with the election of its new head on the agenda. However, the session did not finish due to the end of the working day. It is set to continue today.

A candidate nominated by judges or by self-nomination, who has received two-thirds of the votes of judges of the Constitutional Court, may be elected chairman, and in the case when one candidate is nominated, s/he shall be elected by a majority of the total number of judges of the Constitutional Court.

If none of the two or more nominated candidates by the results of the vote receives the required number of votes, then a second round of elections shall be held within five days, where two candidates who receive the majority of votes in the first round shall participate. The candidate who receives the majority of votes of judges of the Constitutional Court shall be considered elected after the second round of elections.