PARLIAMENTARIAN: PACE RESOLUTION ON ARMENIA HAS CONTROVERSIAL PROVISIONS

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Thursday, October 6, 19:45

The PACE resolution on Armenia has controversial provisions,
Armenian MP from Heritage Party Armen Martirosyan said at today’s
press conference in Yerevan.

“On the whole, the resolution can be qualified as good. However, it
contains a number of controversial provisions. In particular, one of
such controversial items is the formulation concerning the Electoral
Code. Another controversial item is that due to the establishment of
a dialogue between the Armenian National Congress and the Armenian
authorities, the Chapter on March 1 2008 events can finally be
considered for the Assembly. A positive aspect is that the Assembly
is going to continue the monitoring until the investigation of the
case of the ten deaths is over and that the Assembly is expecting the
Armenian authorities to make a report or at least an interim report
on this issue by late 2011”, Martirosyan said.

The MP pointed out that one more positive fact in the PACE resolution
is that the electoral process in Armenia will be in the focus of the
international community’s attention; consequently, it is extremely
important to hold transparent elections in Armenia. He also expressed
his concern over the issue of “A1+” TV channel, which is not in the
line of the PACE Ministerial Committee.

To recall, the resolution on Armenia was adopted at yesterday’s
sitting of PACE. 40 delegates voted for the document, and 3 Azeri
delegates voted “against”. Armen Rustamyan, ARFD deputy, member of
the Armenian Delegation, abstained from voting. Heritage MP Zaruhi
Postanjyan boycotted the voting.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress