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SUBJECT OF 2008 RIOTS IN YEREVAN CLOSED - PACE
Interfax
Sept 12 2011
Russia
The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe (PACE) has concluded, based on the results of the functioning
of democratic institutions in Armenia, that the chapter of the March 1,
2008 events in Yerevan "can finally be considered closed."
"The Monitoring Committee considers that the outcome of the latest
general amnesty,
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," the Monitoring
Committee said in a draft resolution.
The draft resolution will be discussed at a PACE session in Strasbourg
on October 3-7, Armenian media outlets said, citing the PACE's
official website.
In February 2008, the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANK)
led by ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosian organized a massive protest
to challenge the results of the presidential election won by Serzh
Sargsian. On March 1 the protests turned into clashes, as a result of
which ten people were killed and more than 250 were injured. Dozens
of opposition activists were arrested.
In May 2011, Armenia announced an amnesty on the occasion of the 20th
independence anniversary, as a result of which the opposition activists
serving sentences for the March 1 protests have been released.
After that Armenian President Serzh Sargsian stated that the country's
authorities are ready to make the first step to ease relations with
the opposition. On July 18, the ruling coalition parties and the ANK
held talks, which were suspended at the ANK's initiative on August 26.
The ANK plans to hold its first rally since the failed talks in
central Yerevan on September 9.
Interfax
Sept 12 2011
Russia
The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
of Europe (PACE) has concluded, based on the results of the functioning
of democratic institutions in Armenia, that the chapter of the March 1,
2008 events in Yerevan "can finally be considered closed."
"The Monitoring Committee considers that the outcome of the latest
general amnesty,
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," the Monitoring
Committee said in a draft resolution.
The draft resolution will be discussed at a PACE session in Strasbourg
on October 3-7, Armenian media outlets said, citing the PACE's
official website.
In February 2008, the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANK)
led by ex-president Levon Ter-Petrosian organized a massive protest
to challenge the results of the presidential election won by Serzh
Sargsian. On March 1 the protests turned into clashes, as a result of
which ten people were killed and more than 250 were injured. Dozens
of opposition activists were arrested.
In May 2011, Armenia announced an amnesty on the occasion of the 20th
independence anniversary, as a result of which the opposition activists
serving sentences for the March 1 protests have been released.
After that Armenian President Serzh Sargsian stated that the country's
authorities are ready to make the first step to ease relations with
the opposition. On July 18, the ruling coalition parties and the ANK
held talks, which were suspended at the ANK's initiative on August 26.
The ANK plans to hold its first rally since the failed talks in
central Yerevan on September 9.