CO-RAPPORTEURS DISSATISFIED WITH THE REPORT, NIKOYAN DISSATISFIED WITH THE CO-RAPPORTEURS
Lusine Vasilyan
"Radiolur"
23.12.2009 18:01
Coordinator of the Armenian National Congress Levon Zurabyan
today touched upon the report of the Monitoring Committee of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which was to be
presented by co-rapporteurs Georges Colombier and John Prescott. It
sums up the conclusions of the Ad Hoc Committee of the National
Assembly of Armenia on the events of 1 and 2 March 2008 and the
reasons thereof.
Levon Zurabyan characterized the reports a "criticism with diplomatic
compliments." "The co-rapporteurs tried and managed to say a lot of
truth within the diplomatic framework," Levon Zurabyan said.
"The report actually concludes that Nikoyan’s committee demonstrated
a biased approach, trying to back the authorities’ version of the
events of March 1. It refrained from criticizing the authorities,
as a result of which the trustworthiness of the study suffered,"
Levon Zurabyan said.
Ex-Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee Samvel Nikoyan disagrees with
the opinion. The Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly will present
his final conclusion after the report is officially made public. As
regards the moderate criticism, Nikoyan said: "I wonder what Prescott
and Colombier want. Did they want this committee to start a crusade
against the authorities?"