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ARMENIA: PACE'S MONITORING COMMITTEE WELCOMES CONSTRUCTIVE ATTITUDE, CALLS FOR FURTHER DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
Focus News, Bulgaria
Sept 8 2011
Strasbourg. "The outcome of the latest general amnesty in Armenia,
the renewed impetus to investigate the 10 deaths during the March 2008
events, and the resulting start of a constructive dialogue between
the opposition and ruling coalition mean that the chapter on the
March 2008 events can finally be considered closed", today said the
Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
(PACE), a press release informs.
In a draft resolution, based on a report by Axel Fischer (Germany,
EPP/CD) and John Prescott (United Kingdom, SOC), the committee welcomed
the political will demonstrated by "the authorities and indeed all
political forces to resolve this issue in line with Council of Europe
standards and recommendations".
According to the committee, the 2008 events and their aftermath have
set clear priorities for the democratic development of the country:
"the conduct of genuinely democratic parliamentary elections; the
creation of a robust democratic and pluralist political environment
that has the full trust of the Armenian public; the establishment of
an open and pluralist media environment; the reform of the police
and the reform of the judiciary with a view to guaranteeing its
independence both in law and practice". The adopted text welcomes
the "close and constructive co-operation" between the Assembly and
the Armenian authorities, which it considers to be "an example" for
the development of co-operation in the framework of the Monitoring
Procedure of the Assembly.
Focus News, Bulgaria
Sept 8 2011
Strasbourg. "The outcome of the latest general amnesty in Armenia,
the renewed impetus to investigate the 10 deaths during the March 2008
events, and the resulting start of a constructive dialogue between
the opposition and ruling coalition mean that the chapter on the
March 2008 events can finally be considered closed", today said the
Monitoring Committee of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
(PACE), a press release informs.
In a draft resolution, based on a report by Axel Fischer (Germany,
EPP/CD) and John Prescott (United Kingdom, SOC), the committee welcomed
the political will demonstrated by "the authorities and indeed all
political forces to resolve this issue in line with Council of Europe
standards and recommendations".
According to the committee, the 2008 events and their aftermath have
set clear priorities for the democratic development of the country:
"the conduct of genuinely democratic parliamentary elections; the
creation of a robust democratic and pluralist political environment
that has the full trust of the Armenian public; the establishment of
an open and pluralist media environment; the reform of the police
and the reform of the judiciary with a view to guaranteeing its
independence both in law and practice". The adopted text welcomes
the "close and constructive co-operation" between the Assembly and
the Armenian authorities, which it considers to be "an example" for
the development of co-operation in the framework of the Monitoring
Procedure of the Assembly.