PACE: UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN ARMENIA MUST MEET TO EUROPEAN STANDARDS

PanARMENIAN.Net
14.12.2006 18:17 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The PACE Monitoring Commission warned Armenia, that
the upcoming elections must meet the European standards. "Armenia
must perform progress, fixed in the way to democracy and European
integration. The upcoming elections must meet the European standards
as free and fair. The coverage of election campaign in Media must
be objective and express different points of view,’ says the draft
report of the commission, published in Paris yesterday. The Monitoring
commission welcomes the constitutional reforms in Armenia, underlining
that "Only the adopted laws are not enough to fulfill democratic
reforms in the country: the laws must be implemented." The commission
warned that in order to fulfill the Constitution it is necessary to
improve the politic atmosphere and dialog between the ruling coalition
and the opposition." The report will be discussed during the January
session of PACE, RFL Radio Liberty reports.