Yerevan/Mediamax/. Over 500 members of the Chamber of Lawyers of Armenia went on a one-day strike to call the attention of the judicial power to the problems existing in the system.

The lawyers presented their demands and uncovered the statistics which according to them illustrates the situation in the judicial system today, Mediamax reports.

“Courts’ activities make the deficit of justice more severe and deepen people’s mistrust towards the state and courts”, said Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Lawyers of Armenia Ara Zohrabyan.

The lawyers claim that courts don’t act as a body of justice otherwise they wouldn’t meet all the requirements of the government and wouldn’t support all the accusations of the prosecutor’s office.

Member of the Chamber of Lawyers Lusine Sahakyan noted that “the right of fair legal proceedings is not observed in our courts”.

Mediamax recalls that on December 22, 2011, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated the importance of enhancing trust toward the legal system at the meeting devoted to legal and judiciary problems. “We have repeatedly noted that reforms in the sphere should enhance society’s trust to legal system. The path towards this suggests us putting forward and settling problems which impede enhancing citizens’ trust. Unfortunately, I have to note that the current results are not satisfactory and we can’s speak of serious changes in the sphere”, the President said.