CHAPTER 0 JUDICIAL POWER ARTICLE 00. In the Republic of Abkhazia justice shall be administered only through the courts. Economic disputes shall be settled by the Court of Arbitration. The judicial system in the Republic of Abkhazia shall be stablished by Constitutional Law. ARTICLE 00. Citizens of the Republic of Abkhazia, 00 years of age and above, with higher legal education and no less than five years of experience in the legal profession can qualify as judges. The Chairman and members of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Abkhazia, judges of lower level courts, the Chairman and judges of the Arbitration Court shall be elected by the Parliament on the nomination of the President of the Republic. ARTICLE 00. The discharge of a judge’s duties is incompatible with any other official post in state institutions as well as any other paid job, apart from teaching, scientific research and artistic pursuits. Fortheir workjudges will receive a monetary remuneration paid by the Republic of Abkhazia at the appointed time. ARTICLE 00. Judges shall be elected for a term of five years. Judges are inviolable, independent and subordinate only to the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Abkhazia. Criminal proceedings against a judge cannot be instituted other than under the procedure established by law. A judge’s term of office can be terminated or suspended only under the procedure of, and on grounds established by, law.