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    DEBATES ON FUNCTIONING OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS IN ARMENIA TO BE HELD IN PACE TODAY

    ArmInfo
    2009-06-24 11:04:00

    ArmInfo. Debates on functioning of democratic institutions in Armenia
    will be held in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
    today. Co- rapporteurs of PACE Monitoring Committee John Prescott and
    Georges Colombier, who visited Armenia on June 15-16, will present
    their reports on this topic.

    The present report notes that, as a result of the efforts by the
    Parliamentary Assembly, as well as other parts of the Council
    of Europe, and also the excellent co-operation with the Armenian
    delegation to the Assembly over the last 15 months, incremental
    progress has been made by the Armenian authorities to comply with
    the demands of the Assembly: the controversial amendments to the
    Law on Conducting Meetings, Assemblies, Rallies and Demonstrations
    have been repealed, an investigation into the events of 1 and 2 March
    2008 has started, important changes to problematic provisions in the
    Criminal Code have been adopted, and several reforms recommended by
    the Assembly have been initiated.

    That process has now culminated in an amnesty as a result of which
    most, albeit not all, persons deprived of their liberty in relation
    to the events of 1 and 2 March 2008, will be released. At the same
    time, the Monitoring Committee notes that the fact finding group to
    establish the facts with regard the events on 1 and 2 March 2008
    and their circumstances has been disbanded due to insurmountable
    tensions between its members and considers that the disbandment
    of the fact-finding group should not be allowed to circumvent the
    conclusion of an independent and credible inquiry as demanded by the
    Assembly. Therefore, although the declaration of amnesty means that the
    authorities have complied with a crucial demand of the Assembly and,
    most importantly, that an important new page has been turned in the
    normalisation of Armenia's political life and resolution of the crisis,
    the Monitoring Committee notes that these achievements should not be
    seen as the end of the process. The Monitoring Committee should fully
    support and accompany that process in the framework of the regular
    monitoring procedure of the Assembly with respect to Armenia.
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