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    COUNCIL OF EUROPE IS NOT A PUNITIVE MACHINE: LOCAL OPPOSITIONIST

    ArmInfo
    2009-04-01 09:39:00

    ArmInfo. The Council of Europe is not a punitive machine to send
    troops to Armenia. It just highlights lack of democracy in Armenia. As
    opposition representatives we do not demand anything else since the
    hard assessment highlight the existence of problems in the country,
    Hovhanness Igityan, a member of the Armenian Pan National Movement
    (APNM), the former head of the Armenian delegation to PACE told
    ArmInfo. 'I think that the next session of PACE on April 27 will make
    rather harsh assessments addressed to Armenia. I have repeatedly stated
    that I do not share the expectations of the Armenian authorities. If
    we are deprived of vote, it will mean that something is wrong. If we
    are not deprived of vote, it will mean that we have certain diplomatic
    or democratic victories. I do not study the problem from such point
    of view', he said. H. Igityan said that the April session of PACE
    will again highlight that Armenia has registered certain progress
    but there are still issues connected with the arrests of the people
    persecuted for political views, as well as with media, rallies and
    the investigation in March 1-2 incidents. PACE Monitoring Committee
    met in Valencia on March 30.

    The Committee discussed the amendments to Articles 225 (mass disorders)
    and 300 (power usurpation) of the Armenian Criminal Code as well as the
    proceedings in 'the Case of the Seven'. Armenian parliamentarians, the
    head of the Armenian delegation to PACE David Haroutiunyan, a member
    of ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party faction in the Armenian Parliament Armen
    Rustamyan, a member of the Heritage opposition party faction Raffi
    Hovannisian and non-party parliamentarian Avet Adonts were present
    at the meeting.
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