ARMENIA LOOKED SET TO AVOID SANCTIONS BY THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Regnum News Agency
Jan 27 2009
Russia

On January, 26 the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly
of Council of Europe (PACE) proposed during its closed session
not to suspend the voting rights of Armenia’s delegation to PACE,
a REGNUM correspondent reports citing the Second channel of Public
Armenian Television.

David Harutyunyan, the head of the Armenian delegation to PACE
mentioned that co-rapporteurs suggested to conduct further
serious monitoring concerning improvement of democracy situation
in the country, but not to suspend the voting right of the Armenian
delegation. According to him the main reason that served as a basis
for such decision, in particular, was that many of political detainees
had been released, as well as , the process of amendment of Articles
225 and 300 of the Criminal Code of Armenia, which many participants
of events were convict on, has started.

It is worth mentioning that on December, 17, 2008 the Monitoring
Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE),
examining the implementation of Assembly’s resolutions 1609 and
1620 adopted after the events of March, 1-2 and proposed to deprive
Armenian delegation right to vote. On January, 27 PACE will consider
Armenia’s issue during its plenary session.