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ARMENIAN OPPOSITION BLOC LASHES OUT AT PACE MONITORING COMMITTEE
Tert.am
23:18 19.09.11
Armenia's main opposition alliance has slammed at the Monitoring
Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,
accusing it of contributing to the atmosphere of forgeries, violence
and impunity.
In a statement issued late on Monday the Armenian National Congress,
or HAK, said that PACE MC's recent resolution on Armenia, if confirmed
at the October plenary session, will be a "blow to the PACE itself"
and will undermine its credibility.
"[It will show] that the PACE and its relevant agencies are engaged
not in Armenia's implementation of its obligations in the sphere of
democracy and establishment of democratic institutes, but are rather
contributing to the deepening of the atmosphere of violence, forgery
and impunity," read the statement.
Further, it said the resolution has some provisions that are
unacceptable for the HAK and devaluate the work done so far.
One of the unacceptable provisions, according to the HAK, is that
the PACE MC considers the chapter of the 2008 post-election unrest in
Armenia closed, whereas the perpetrators of the ten killings have so
far not been held accountable and plus the authorities have spared
no effort to hide those crimes and created obstacles for justice
to prevail.
"With such a conduct the PACE counters its previously adopted
resolutions, statements made by various CoE officials, including one
made by the Secretary General", is in fact encouraging the repetition
of such crimes," read the statement.
The HAK also said that the PACE MC ignores the fact that the dialogue
initiated between the representatives of the HAK and the ruling
coalition was suspended because the arrest of youth HAK activists
Tigran Arakelyan is politically motivated.
Tert.am
23:18 19.09.11
Armenia's main opposition alliance has slammed at the Monitoring
Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe,
accusing it of contributing to the atmosphere of forgeries, violence
and impunity.
In a statement issued late on Monday the Armenian National Congress,
or HAK, said that PACE MC's recent resolution on Armenia, if confirmed
at the October plenary session, will be a "blow to the PACE itself"
and will undermine its credibility.
"[It will show] that the PACE and its relevant agencies are engaged
not in Armenia's implementation of its obligations in the sphere of
democracy and establishment of democratic institutes, but are rather
contributing to the deepening of the atmosphere of violence, forgery
and impunity," read the statement.
Further, it said the resolution has some provisions that are
unacceptable for the HAK and devaluate the work done so far.
One of the unacceptable provisions, according to the HAK, is that
the PACE MC considers the chapter of the 2008 post-election unrest in
Armenia closed, whereas the perpetrators of the ten killings have so
far not been held accountable and plus the authorities have spared
no effort to hide those crimes and created obstacles for justice
to prevail.
"With such a conduct the PACE counters its previously adopted
resolutions, statements made by various CoE officials, including one
made by the Secretary General", is in fact encouraging the repetition
of such crimes," read the statement.
The HAK also said that the PACE MC ignores the fact that the dialogue
initiated between the representatives of the HAK and the ruling
coalition was suspended because the arrest of youth HAK activists
Tigran Arakelyan is politically motivated.