PACE PRESIDENT DOES NOT THINK THAT ARMENIAN DELEGATION TO BE DEPRIVED OF VOTING RIGHTS

Noyan Tapan

Jan 26, 2009

GENEVA, JANUARY 26, NOYAN TAPAN. The President of the PACE Luis Maria
de Puig does not think the the Armenian delegation will be deprived of
voting rights. He stated this on the opening day of the PACE session
on January 26.

Assuming that following the latest visit of the PACE Monitoring
Committee’s co-rapporteurs to Armenia, the country’s authorities have
had some discussions on making legislative and other amendments,
Luis Maria de Puig expressed a hope that these amendments will be
gradually implemented by April.

Radio Liberty reported that in all likelihood the matter concerns
formation of a working group at the RA National Assembly. The working
group will discuss the issue of developing a draft law on making
additions and amendments to the RA Criminal Code’s Articles 225 and
300 (under which the political prisoners were charged).