Minister of Justice Grigor Minasyan has announced his resignation.

“Today I decided to join the petition against my tenure,” Minasyan said in a statement on Tuesday, October 1, referring to a petition seeking his dismissal, which was initiated by members of the ruling party over what they described as lack of progress in reforms, Armenpress reports.

“I have tendered my resignation to the Prime Minister. In a parliamentary system of government, serving as minister is difficult if you don’t have positive cooperation even with a single member of parliament.

“I’ve been made aware that I have problems with almost twenty members of parliament from the Civil Contract faction,” Minasyan added.

He thanked the other MPs who had “kindly accepted and supported” him, government officials, and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for giving him the opportunity to serve in the position. He mentioned the reforms made during his tenure.

“People have always expected from the justice ministers the swift and direct restoration of justice. But that’s not the minister’s job, that’s up to the law enforcement agencies and courts. We are policymakers, improving the institutional system. A lot has been done in both directions already,” the official said.

Minasyan said he will start working in the private sector and continue to contribute to the justice sector.