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CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM IN ARMENIA TO BE CONSIDERED ON VENICE COMMISSION
SESSION

10.06.2005 04:23

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Council of Europe Commission for Democracy through Law
(“Venice Commission”), which this year marks its 15-th anniversary, will
hold its 63-rd plenary session in Venice on 10 and 11 June. On the session
agenda are the examination of a number of important legal texts from
different countries, and the adoption of several opinions. The Commission
will, for example, adopt its second interim opinion on constitutional reform
in Armenia, and discuss the amendments to the law on the procedure for
conducting rallies and demonstrations in this member country. An exchange of
views is foreseen with Tigran Torosian, Vice-President of the National
Assembly of Armenia. Joint opinions of the Venice Commission and the
OSCE/ODIHR on the revised draft amendments to the electoral codes of Armenia
and Azerbaijan will also be adopted. To remind, the Venice Commission
expressed discontent with the draft constitutional amendments adopted in the
NA first reading. It should be also noted that the decision on conducting
extra discussions of the constitutional reform process during the next PACE
plenary session scheduled for June 20-24 was taken by the PACE Bureau on
June 6.