FULFILLMENT OF MOST OF ARMENIA’S COMMITMENTS TO CE CAN BE ASSESSED AS GOOD

PanARMENIAN.Net
22.06.2006 17:15 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ During its Spring Session in 2006 the Armenian
National Assembly adopted 103 laws and ratified 36 international
agreements, Armenian Speaker Tigran Torosyan stated at a news
conference in Yerevan. In his words, during the work of the Parliament
changes were introduced to the legislation resulting from new edition
of the Armenian Constitution. "Making Armenian legislation comply
with the Constitution is a necessary commitment of Armenia to the
Council of Europe," Torosyan noted.

The Speaker specially noted that "in the new edition of the
Constitution not only the President, but also any citizen of the
country can address the Constitutional Court, which fits international
standards," he said.

As of fulfillment of Armenia’s commitments to the CE, Torosyan
remarked that most of these are already met and can be assessed as
"good". He reminded that the latest report on Armenia was presented
at the PACE session in autumn 2004. "A more complete report on Armenia
is expected to be presented in October 2006.

It is of high importance to us, as it will speak about the new
edition of the country’s Constitution. The most important thing to
us is holding parliamentary and presidential elections in compliance
with democratic and international standards," the Armenian Speaker
underscored.