Agreement between Venice Commission and RA authorities

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| 21:09:01 | 07-07-2005 | Politics |

AGREEMENT BETWEEN VENICE COMMISSION AND RA AUTHORITIES

Addressing the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, on the
occasion of the 15th anniversary of the European Commission for Democracy
through Law, better known as the Venice Commission, the Commission’s
President Antonio La Pergola declared:

“In the new democracies basic questions of constitutional law remain crucial
for the democratic stabilisation of these countries”.

Most recently, the Commission reached an agreement with the Armenian
authorities on constitutional reform that should contribute to the country’s
democratisation and might pave the way for the return of the opposition to
parliament.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS