KAREN BEKARYAN: EXPECTATIONS FROM PACE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH REALITY
Anna Nazaryan

"Radiolur"
30.06.2009 18:02

PASE Resolution 1677 turned the page of the force majéur monitoring of
Armenia following the events of March 1-2 and opened new opportunities
for implementing long-term and normal reforms in the country,
Chairman of the European Integration NGO Karen Bekaryan told a press
conference today.

"On one hand the PACE Resolution made it clear that Armenia still
remains under monitoring. On the other hand, it tried to turn the page,
by welcoming the legislative changes, the fact of the amnesty and the
decision of the President that the Prosecutor General should present
a report to the ad hoc parliamentary commission," Karen Bekaryan said.

Judging from comments of political forces and the media publications,
Karen Bekaryan concludes that the expectations from PACE often have
nothing to do with reality.

"The authorities expect the Council of Europe to be passive and refrain
from active involvement in some internal affairs. The opposition
expects the Council of Europe to solve the problem of democracy in
Armenia instead of its political forces, the public sector and mass
media. Both expectations have nothing to do with reality."