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    PACE CO-RAPPORTEURS TO ARRIVE IN YEREVAN

    news.am
    March 17 2010
    Armenia

    Armenia submitted a schedule of reforms to the Monitoring Committee
    of the CE Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) in Paris, France, on March 17.

    Head of the Armenian delegation to PACE David Harutyunyan told RFE/RL
    that, according to the schedule, Armenia's election law is to be
    reformed by the end of this year, which will enable the country to
    start preparing for new elections. He pointed out that the first steps
    will be taken within the next month, before PACE's spring session.

    Harutyunyan also reported that the schedule of measures proposed by
    the Armenian authorities provides for a new law on big popular events.

    A broadcasting contest is scheduled for this July, and the A1+ TV
    Company will be able to participate.

    Harutyunyan said that PACE Rapporteur for Armenia George Colombier
    welcomed the schedule of reforms submitted by the Armenian
    authorities. He stressed that the PACE Monitoring Committee will see
    to it that Armenia honor its commitments. He also pointed out the
    need for judicial reforms in the context of the OSCE/ODIHR report on
    the trials of the Opposition members arrested amid the post-election
    processes in Armenia in 2008.

    PACE Co-Rapporteurs George Colombier and John Prescott are to arrive in
    Yerevan this April to hold a more detailed discussion of the schedule
    of reforms.

    The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) expressed the
    confidence yesterday that the Government-proposed reforms are nothing
    but "half-hearted measures."
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