JUSTICE BLOC HAS YET TO DECIDE WHETHER TO RETURN TO THE PARLIAMENT OR NOT

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| 19:31:43 | 27-06-2005 | Politics |

The COE Ministers Council Ago monitoring group, with the German
permanent representative to COE Roland Vegener at the head met the
Justice bloc today. We learned from the leader of the Justice bloc
Stepan Demirchyan that the Ago group was concerned with the realization
of the Constitutional referendum and the adoption of the Constitution.

The members of the Justice bloc claimed that if the agreement reached
in Strasbourg is realized, and the draft Constitution is reformed, it
will be a step forward, but the problems of out country are conditioned
not by the quality of the law but by their non-observance of the laws.

The Ago group persuaded the opposition to return to the Parliament
and to take part in the discussion of the Constitutional reforms
till the second reading. Stepan Demirchyan answered that if the
draft constitution is ready and they are sure that the agreements
reached have been put into practice, they will think about return to
the Parliament.

Stepan Demirchyan also informed that they have raised the issue of the
“Electoral Code” and underlined that the law which enjoys the approval
of the Venice Commission does not secure the stability principle in
the Committees.

The opposition has also spoken about the TV Company “A1+” which has
been deprived of air and informed the group that the no efforts are
made to solve the problem.

Justice bloc leader Stepan Demirchyan, secretary Viktor Dallakyan,
members Grigor Haroutyunyan and member of the Armenian delegation
to PACE Shavarsh Kocharyan took part in the meeting with the Ago
group. “Nationaly Unity” refused to take part in the meeting.