PACE PLANS TO DISCUSS ISSUE OF ARMENIA AT JANUARY 27 PLENARY SITTING
Noyan Tapan
Jan 22, 2009
YEREVAN, JANUARY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. By the draft agenda of the upcoming
PACE session in Strasbourg on January 26-30, the discussions of the
report on implementation of Resolutions 1609 and 1620 on democratic
institutions in Armenia which were adopted by PACE in 2008, as well
as the adoption of a resolution are scheduled to take place on January
27, at 10-12 am (1-3 pm local time).
As NT correspendent was informed by the Armenian delegation in the
PACE, it is envisaged that prior to being discussed at the session, the
issue will be discussed once again by the PACE Monitoring Committee,
taking into consideration the results of the co-rapporteurs John
Prescott’s and Georges Colombier’s repeated visit to Yerevan in
January.
To recap, in Point 9 of the draft resolution on Armenia adopted at
the December 17 sitting of the Monitoring Committee, it is proposed
that PACE suspend the voting rights of the Armenian delegation as
the Armenian authorities have not yet displayed a definite political
will to solve the problem of accusing and imprisonment of people
for political motivation in connection with the March 1-2 events
in Yerevan.