PACE Calls off Consideration of Resolution on Armenia to Next Winter
26.06.2008,
17:04
The Monitoring Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has given Armenia extra time to fulfill the commitments of Resolution 1609.
YEREVAN, June 26. /ARKA/. The Monitoring Commission of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has given Armenia extra time to fulfill the commitments of Resolution 1609. RIA Novosti quotes a PACE source as saying: “Armenia has to meet the resolution commitments by next winter.”
The authors of the resolution call on Armenia’s authorities to step up their efforts to implement political reforms, taking the opposition’s opinion into account. They also urge Armenia to reform the electoral system and ensure independence of mass media, as well as to guarantee the freedom of assembly both by law and in practice. PACE calls on Armenian authorities to carry out transparent investigation of the March 1 clashes in Yerevan.
Since February 20 rallies, sit-ins and student walkouts had been held by the opposition led by Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrosian in the center of Yerevan. The initiators and protesters accused Kocharyan's ally and Prime Minister Serge Sargsian of rigging the presidential election on February 19.
Mass disturbances began on March 1-2 when authorities used force to clear Freedom Square of thousands of demonstrators who had camped there for the past 10 days. Ten people died and 256 were injured as a result of clashes. –0--
The authors of the resolution call on Armenia’s authorities to step up their efforts to implement political reforms, taking the opposition’s opinion into account. They also urge Armenia to reform the electoral system and ensure independence of mass media, as well as to guarantee the freedom of assembly both by law and in practice. PACE calls on Armenian authorities to carry out transparent investigation of the March 1 clashes in Yerevan.
Since February 20 rallies, sit-ins and student walkouts had been held by the opposition led by Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrosian in the center of Yerevan. The initiators and protesters accused Kocharyan's ally and Prime Minister Serge Sargsian of rigging the presidential election on February 19.
Mass disturbances began on March 1-2 when authorities used force to clear Freedom Square of thousands of demonstrators who had camped there for the past 10 days. Ten people died and 256 were injured as a result of clashes. –0--
