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  • Venice Commission posetively assessed anticonstitutional clause

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    | 20:00:53 | 24-05-2005 | Politics |

    VENICE COMMISSION POSITIVELY ASSESSED ANTICONSTITUTIONAL CLAUSE

    «The Venice Commission welcomes an anticonstitutional clause», member of
    Cooperation for Open Society initiative group Hrayr Tovmasyan stated. The
    group is concerned over the adoption of the RA law «On inserting amendments
    to the Election Code and the positive assessment of the OSCE Bureau on
    Democratic Institutes and Human Rights. During a press conference Vardan
    Poghosyan and Hrayr Tovmasyan not denying the progressive nature of some
    clauses of the law stated that the law on the whole cannot be acknowledged
    as a real reform.

    «One of the main precondition of the election reforms is the formation of
    balanced election committee. The order of the committee formation provided
    by the law does not secure balance and impartiality of the election
    committee while the clause on order of committee formation conflicts with
    the Article 98 of the Armenian Constitution, which says, "Judge and members
    of the Constitutional Court cannot occupy another state post". The
    involvement of the juridical power, which is dependent on the executive
    power cannot be assessed as a positive step towards the high level of
    political pluralism», Vardan Poghosyan stated.

    In the opinion of Hrayr Tovmasyan, many clauses of the law «On amendments to
    the Election Code» impede constitutional reforms. He promised to furnish a
    detailed information during a press conference to be held May 26 in Congress
    Hotel. The initiative group called upon the Armenian leadership to
    re-consider the law and bring it to the international standards. The group
    also called the Venice Commission to pay attention to the above mentioned
    issues and present an appropriate assessment in their conclusion.
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