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    Emil Lazarian
  • 5 years ago
    • Categories: 2021

PACE to observe early parliamentary elections in Armenia

Public Radio of Armenia
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A 20-member delegation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), led by Georgios Katrougalos (Greece, UEL), will travel to Armenia to observe the conduct of the early parliamentary elections, alongside observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).

The delegation will meet representatives of political parties and coalitions, the Chairperson of the Central Election Commission, as well as representatives of civil society and the media, before observing the ballot on 20 June.

A member of the Venice Commission – the Council of Europe’s group of independent legal experts – will provide legal support during the visit.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS