Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

PACE Co-Rapporteurs Urge Immediate Reform In Armenia

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • PACE Co-Rapporteurs Urge Immediate Reform In Armenia

    PACE CO-RAPPORTEURS URGE IMMEDIATE REFORM IN ARMENIA

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    02.02.2010 21:36 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Armenian authorities need to implement the
    reforms recommended by the ad hoc Committee of the National Assembly
    of Armenia on the events of 1 and 2 March 2008, without further delay,
    concluded the co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the
    Council of Europe (PACE), John Prescott (United Kingdom, SOC) and
    Georges Colombier (France, EPP/CD), following an exchange of views
    in the PACE Monitoring Committee last week.

    "The reforms recommended by the ad hoc Committee, in combination with
    those contained in the relevant PACE resolutions, if implemented in
    good faith, could comprehensively address the circumstances that led
    to the events of 1 and 2 March 2008," the co-rapporteurs said.

    They stressed that these recommendations therefore needed to be
    implemented without further delay, especially those related to the
    reform of the police - including the establishment of an independent
    oversight and complaints body - and the long overdue reform of the
    electoral code.

    The co-rapporteurs announced that they would send a letter to the
    Armenian Parliament asking it to provide the Monitoring Committee,
    before its meeting on 17 March 2010 in Paris, with a clear timetable
    for these reforms.

    "On the basis of the discussions in the Monitoring Committee we
    will then visit Yerevan this spring to discuss the establishment
    of a clear roadmap for the implementation of these reforms," the
    co-rapporteurs said.

    In addition to the roadmap, the co-rapporteurs also intend to raise
    the issue of the sentencing of Nikol Pashinian as well as other cases
    where they have sought clarification from the authorities.

    "A number of issues following the events of 1 and 2 March still need
    to be clarified and addressed", the co-rapporteurs said, stressing
    the continuing importance and need for the monitoring of political
    developments by the Assembly and other relevant bodies of the Council
    of Europe, PACE communication unit said.
Working...
X