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| 20:00:53 | 24-05-2005 | Politics |
VENICE COMMISSION POSITIVELY ASSESSED ANTICONSTITUTIONAL CLAUSE
«The Venice Commission welcomes an anticonstitutional clause», member of
Cooperation for Open Society initiative group Hrayr Tovmasyan stated. The
group is concerned over the adoption of the RA law «On inserting amendments
to the Election Code and the positive assessment of the OSCE Bureau on
Democratic Institutes and Human Rights. During a press conference Vardan
Poghosyan and Hrayr Tovmasyan not denying the progressive nature of some
clauses of the law stated that the law on the whole cannot be acknowledged
as a real reform.
«One of the main precondition of the election reforms is the formation of
balanced election committee. The order of the committee formation provided
by the law does not secure balance and impartiality of the election
committee while the clause on order of committee formation conflicts with
the Article 98 of the Armenian Constitution, which says, “Judge and members
of the Constitutional Court cannot occupy another state post”. The
involvement of the juridical power, which is dependent on the executive
power cannot be assessed as a positive step towards the high level of
political pluralism», Vardan Poghosyan stated.
In the opinion of Hrayr Tovmasyan, many clauses of the law «On amendments to
the Election Code» impede constitutional reforms. He promised to furnish a
detailed information during a press conference to be held May 26 in Congress
Hotel. The initiative group called upon the Armenian leadership to
re-consider the law and bring it to the international standards. The group
also called the Venice Commission to pay attention to the above mentioned
issues and present an appropriate assessment in their conclusion.