PACE CHAIR IS ASTONISHED AT ACTIONS OF ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES

ARMINFO News Agency
October 5, 2005

STRASBOURG, OCTOBER 5. ARMINFO. Rene van der Linden, the PACE Chairman,
is astonished at the actions of Armenian opposition parties. According
to the ARMINFO special correspondent in Strasbourg, Mr. Van der Linden
displayed interest in the preparations for constitutional referendum
in Armenia. During the meeting with Tigran Torosian, the Vice- Speaker
of the Armenian Parliament and the head of the Armenian delegation at
PACE, Mr. Van der Linden wondered at the cause of criticizing the bill
of amendments and boycotting the constitutional referendum. T. Torosian
explained that the opposition is irritated because the progressive
constitutional reforms were suggested by the authorities and not by
the opposition itself. He also noted that some of opposition leaders
agree that the project of the new Constitution is much better than
the current one. -A-