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    WEAK PARLIAMENTARY POSITION OF ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PREVENTS IT FROM
    HOLDING REFERENDUM VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN PRES.KOCHARIAN: FREEDOM HOUSE

    YEREVAN, JUNE 16. ARMINFO. Widespread corruption and weak governance
    remained defining features of Armenia's political system in 2004,
    saYs Freedom House in its report on he democracy situation in the
    post-Soviet states.

    The reports says that little progress was made in reducing the powers
    of the presidency, despite international pressure. The opposition
    continued to press for a referendum vote of confidence in President
    Robert Kocharian, but its weak parliamentary position and the general
    public's disillusionment with the political class prevented success.
    A disturbing rise in the number of assaults on journalists results in
    a deterioration of Armenia's Nations in Transit rating for independent
    media. The use of so-called administrative arrests, torture within
    the police system, and a new Law on Demonstrations in 2004 results
    in a lower rating in the category of judicial framework & independence.
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