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The Armenian government nominated lawyer Seda Safaryan to serve as a judge of the Constitutional Court at a meeting on Thursday.

"I believe that the constitutional justice will be successfully implemented with my direct involvement and you will not regret for nominating me to this high post," the lawyer said.

Deputy Minister of Justice Grigor Minasyan, who reported on the matter, said that on May 31 the Constitutional Court chairman sent a letter to the Prime Minister's Office, notifying it that judge Arevik Petrosyan’s term in office expires on December 10 of this year.

According to him, it is now for the government to nominate a candidate for the vacant position of the Constitutional Court judge.

Nikol Pashinyan said the government is nominating a candidate, but the election will be held in the National Assembly.

"We have also discussed the matter at a board meeting of the Civil Contract party and we can state that a political decision has been made, which is reasonable,” Pashinyan said.