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    ANC WON'T ALLOW CLOSING CHAPTER ON MARCH 2008 EVENTS

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    September 9, 2011 - 20:05 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc
    slammed PACE report on March 2008 events, characterizing closing the
    chapter on tragic events as unacceptable.

    "We won't allow the phrasing used in for PACE statement to enter
    the minds of the Armenian people," Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper
    editor-in-chief Nikol Pashinyan stated at today's rally.

    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, said the Monitoring Committee of
    the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).

    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, PACE said on its website.

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