Armenian Lawmakers Waiting for Opinion Letter from European Experts
08.05.2008,
19:35
European experts will voice their opinion about the amendments to Armenia’s law on meetings and processions before May 25.
YEREVAN, May 8. /ARKA/. European experts will voice their opinion about the amendments to Armenia’s law on meetings and processions before May 25.
If the opinion letter comes on May 19, the Parliament may pass the bill in the first reading at its next four-day session, Speaker of the RA Parliament Tigran Torosyan said.
On April 16, the Armenian side and experts of the Venice Commission and of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutes and Human Rights (ODIHR) reached an agreement on amendments to the law.
At his meeting with EU Special Envoy for South Caucasus Peter Semneby Speaker Torosyan stated that the bill law was based on the memorandum signed with European experts.
The Speaker said that after March events, the RA President set up a group to consider the problems pointed out by international organizations and find solutions.
The group will cooperate with international experts.
Torosyan also said that another group was set up at the RA Parliament to study international organizations’ proposals for improving election processes. The group is to submit proposals for improving Armenia’s election law to the RA Parliament.
He expressed hope that all proposals will be summarized by mid-June and ready for a joint discussion with international experts.
On March 18, the then Armenian President Robert Kocharyan signed amendments to the law on meetings and processions to prevent the recurrence of the March 1 events.
The amendments impose restrictions on public events if they pose a threat to law and order in the country.-0--
If the opinion letter comes on May 19, the Parliament may pass the bill in the first reading at its next four-day session, Speaker of the RA Parliament Tigran Torosyan said.
On April 16, the Armenian side and experts of the Venice Commission and of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutes and Human Rights (ODIHR) reached an agreement on amendments to the law.
At his meeting with EU Special Envoy for South Caucasus Peter Semneby Speaker Torosyan stated that the bill law was based on the memorandum signed with European experts.
The Speaker said that after March events, the RA President set up a group to consider the problems pointed out by international organizations and find solutions.
The group will cooperate with international experts.
Torosyan also said that another group was set up at the RA Parliament to study international organizations’ proposals for improving election processes. The group is to submit proposals for improving Armenia’s election law to the RA Parliament.
He expressed hope that all proposals will be summarized by mid-June and ready for a joint discussion with international experts.
On March 18, the then Armenian President Robert Kocharyan signed amendments to the law on meetings and processions to prevent the recurrence of the March 1 events.
The amendments impose restrictions on public events if they pose a threat to law and order in the country.-0--
