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ARMENIAN DELEGATION TO PACE SUCCESS
news.am
Oct 14 2010
Armenia
There were no specific issues related to Armenia on the agenda of
the CE Parliamentary Assembly. On the other hand, many of them were
discussed by the PACE Monitoring Committee. Representatives of the
Armenian Opposition participated in this Committee~Rs work as well.
They presented their approaches to various problems.
At his October 14 press conference in Yerevan, David Harutyunyan,
Chairman of the Armenian delegation to PACE, reported he presented
the reforms implemented in Armenia to the PACE Monitoring Committee.
~SSpecifically, I pointed out that the draft amendments to the
Armenian Election Code would be submitted to the Armenian Parliament
only after being discussed with all the parliamentary forces. I also
presented reforms in the police system, informed the Committee members
of the situation pertaining to the mass events freedom. I pointed
out that all the 15 applications had been considered, but only nine
processions were held. As regards rallies, 13 applications had been
submitted. In ten cases the Yerevan Municipality proposed alternative
places for gatherings and rejected only one application,~T Harutyunyan
said. As regard the Yerevan Municipality~Rs ~Stradition~T to offer
~Salternative~T places for political rallies, Harutyunyan does not
see anything blameworthy in the city authorities~R actions if they
offer adequate place for mss actions. ~SQuite another matter is if
the territory is not fit for mass actions,~T Harutyunyan said.
He also informed the PACE Monitoring Committee of the process of
licensing Armenian TV companies. He pointed out that competitions
are normally followed by a common well-grounded decision on licensing
particular companies.
As regard the Armenian delegation~Rs proposal to postpone the PACE
Co-Rapporteurs~R visit to Armenia due to the CE forum on democracy
scheduled for October 19, Harutyunyan said that the Monitoring
Committee showed understanding. The new PACE rapporteur on Armenia is
likely to be nominated after the new Swedish delegation is formed. The
former co-rapporteur Goran Lindblad was not elected to the Swedish
Parliament.
At their meeting, David Harutyunyan and PACE President Mevlut
Cavusoglu discussed the issue of forming an interim committee
on Nagorno-Karabakh. ~SOur position has not changed. We should
not do again what has once failed. The previous sub-committee on
Nagorno-Karabakh failed ~V the Azerbaijani delegation keeps on
insisting on such a committee though,~T Harutyunyan said. He noted
the Armenian delegation does not object to maintaining contacts with
its Azeri counterpart.
At their meeting with the members of the CE Ministers~R Committee, the
Armenian delegation raised the issue of Azerbaijan~Rs military threats.
The delegation member Ermine Nahdalyan pointed out that the Committee
restated there is o alternative to a peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Turkey is to take over the Ministers~R
Committee chairmanship this November. In this context Armenian
delegation members stated they have no intention to change their
strategy at PACE.
The members of the Armenian delegation representing the Armenian
Opposition ~V Zaruhi Postanjyan (Heritage Party) and Armen Rustamyan
(ARF-D) - were not present at the press conference. David Harutyunyan
explained they have already informed mass media of their opinions.
Unlike the Heritage Party representative, the ARF representative has
been keeping ~Smysterious~T silence since he returned from Strasbourg.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
Oct 14 2010
Armenia
There were no specific issues related to Armenia on the agenda of
the CE Parliamentary Assembly. On the other hand, many of them were
discussed by the PACE Monitoring Committee. Representatives of the
Armenian Opposition participated in this Committee~Rs work as well.
They presented their approaches to various problems.
At his October 14 press conference in Yerevan, David Harutyunyan,
Chairman of the Armenian delegation to PACE, reported he presented
the reforms implemented in Armenia to the PACE Monitoring Committee.
~SSpecifically, I pointed out that the draft amendments to the
Armenian Election Code would be submitted to the Armenian Parliament
only after being discussed with all the parliamentary forces. I also
presented reforms in the police system, informed the Committee members
of the situation pertaining to the mass events freedom. I pointed
out that all the 15 applications had been considered, but only nine
processions were held. As regards rallies, 13 applications had been
submitted. In ten cases the Yerevan Municipality proposed alternative
places for gatherings and rejected only one application,~T Harutyunyan
said. As regard the Yerevan Municipality~Rs ~Stradition~T to offer
~Salternative~T places for political rallies, Harutyunyan does not
see anything blameworthy in the city authorities~R actions if they
offer adequate place for mss actions. ~SQuite another matter is if
the territory is not fit for mass actions,~T Harutyunyan said.
He also informed the PACE Monitoring Committee of the process of
licensing Armenian TV companies. He pointed out that competitions
are normally followed by a common well-grounded decision on licensing
particular companies.
As regard the Armenian delegation~Rs proposal to postpone the PACE
Co-Rapporteurs~R visit to Armenia due to the CE forum on democracy
scheduled for October 19, Harutyunyan said that the Monitoring
Committee showed understanding. The new PACE rapporteur on Armenia is
likely to be nominated after the new Swedish delegation is formed. The
former co-rapporteur Goran Lindblad was not elected to the Swedish
Parliament.
At their meeting, David Harutyunyan and PACE President Mevlut
Cavusoglu discussed the issue of forming an interim committee
on Nagorno-Karabakh. ~SOur position has not changed. We should
not do again what has once failed. The previous sub-committee on
Nagorno-Karabakh failed ~V the Azerbaijani delegation keeps on
insisting on such a committee though,~T Harutyunyan said. He noted
the Armenian delegation does not object to maintaining contacts with
its Azeri counterpart.
At their meeting with the members of the CE Ministers~R Committee, the
Armenian delegation raised the issue of Azerbaijan~Rs military threats.
The delegation member Ermine Nahdalyan pointed out that the Committee
restated there is o alternative to a peaceful settlement of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Turkey is to take over the Ministers~R
Committee chairmanship this November. In this context Armenian
delegation members stated they have no intention to change their
strategy at PACE.
The members of the Armenian delegation representing the Armenian
Opposition ~V Zaruhi Postanjyan (Heritage Party) and Armen Rustamyan
(ARF-D) - were not present at the press conference. David Harutyunyan
explained they have already informed mass media of their opinions.
Unlike the Heritage Party representative, the ARF representative has
been keeping ~Smysterious~T silence since he returned from Strasbourg.
From: A. Papazian