SHAVARSH KOCHARYAN DOES NOT SHARE TOROSYAN’S OPTIMISM
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[12:25 pm] 22 January, 2007
Former member of the Armenian delegation to the PACE Shavarsh Kocharyan
will also participate in the PACE winter session where the report on
Armenia will be heard. He has been invited by the PACE Liberal-Democrat
union. He has been member of the organization for the last few years.
The PACE wants to learn Mr. Kocharyan’s opinion about the situation
in Armenia before the 2007 Parliamentary elections. In contrast to
head of the Armenian delegation to the PACE Tigran Torosyan, Shavarsh
Kocharyan does not assess the report of the PACE Monitoring Committee
on Armenia "extremely positive".
He also does not share the opinion circulating in the Azeri Media that
"Armenia has not honored its obligations".
"Everyone says whatever they find suitable. I think the report, as well
as the attached document, are quite objective. They describe both the
progress and the shortcomings, for example, the "A1+" issue, which is
extremely important for the upcoming elections. The RA authorities must
pay special attention to the part of the report where the Monitoring
Committee mentions that the attitude of the CoE towards Armenia is
conditions by the upcoming elections", Mr. Kocharyan underlined.
He thinks that in case of holding the 2007 Parliamentary elections
up to the European standards Armenia can succeed in several issues,
including the settlement of the Karabakh conflict.
According to Mr. Kocharyan, the report of the PACE Monitoring Committee
is also important as after the previous report Armenia was given much
time. "PACE expected the positive potential of the constitutional
reforms to be expressed in the laws. When it comes to legislation,
I can say that we have really succeeded", said Shavarsh Kocharyan
and mentioned the RA Law on Constitutional Court as an example.