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    PACE TO WAIT FOR NATURAL CHANGE OF GENERATIONS

    A1plus

    | 13:50:10 | 11-06-2005 | Politics |

    "All rights including the principles of freedom of mass media should be
    fixed in the Constitution, but it does not mean that there should not
    be any law for regulating the field or creation of some limitations
    within the frames of the international documents, specifically the
    European Convention on Human Rights and Freedoms", Vice Speaker of
    the Armenian National Assembly Speaker Tigran Torosyan stated.

    "There is an erroneous opinion spread in Armenia that should be
    corrected. Only with the help of documents, Constitution and laws
    we will never live a proper life. Is there a mechanism that allows
    an individual or media to gain respect and protection of rights? "It
    is very important to create a mechanism, which provided punishment
    for every violator of human rights. If everything in life could
    be regulated by laws and the Constitution it would be perfect",
    T. Torosyan said adding that traditions and culture is no less
    important. According to him, during the recent years the preference
    was given to the economic reforms, today it is necessary to reconsider
    this approach and proceed to public and political reforms

    As for the independence of mass media, the order of appointment of
    the National Committee on TV and Radio is very important. According
    to the legislative amendments made at PACE's request, the order of
    the appointment has allegedly become more transparent and members are
    appointed on competitive basis. The President announces a contest and
    appoints the winners members of the committee, who later elect the
    chairman. According to coalition's draft constitutional amendments
    neither the NA nor any other body has the rights to appoint the
    committee members. Thus, as a matter of fact the problem has not
    been settled.

    To remind, PACE demanded on the basis of the last amendment to the
    law on the NCTR to change the composition of the Committee. Thus,
    only three members of the committee were elected on competitive basis.

    Tigran Torosyan noted that if we lived in a country where unwritten
    laws functioned members of the present committee would resign by their
    own will, a contest would be announced and new composition formed.

    However in our country even written laws do not work properly,
    consequently the law and PACE will have to wait until natural change
    of generations.

    Diana Markosyan
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