THE REPORT ‘FIRST ELECTIONS OF THE MAYOR OF YEREVAN’ IS BAD WORK OF SECRETARIAT OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE, HEAD OF ARMENIAN DELEGATION TO THE CONGRESS OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE THINKS

ArmInfo
2009-10-14 18:42:00

ArmInfo. The report ‘First elections of the mayor of Yerevan’ is
bad work of Secretariat of the Council of Europe, head of Armenian
delegation to the Congress of Council of Europe, Emin Yeritsyan,
told Arminfo correspondent.

‘We have arranged with Secretariat and the rapporteur that some points
of the report will be changed on 15 October over the debates. The
amendments are of technical nature and, in particular, are regarding
the name of the document, as they are not the elections of the mayor of
Yerevan but the municipal elections’, – Yeritsyan said. He also added
that the expressions in the text of the document about ‘convergence
between the political class and business world in Armenia’, as well
as ‘general trend of consolidation of the authoritarian rule’ are an
absolute nonsense. ‘The document has been prepared eclectically and
reflects the opinion of representatives of the opposition forces and
non-governmental organizations. But the rapporteur himself removes it
from the text as, if such an assessment is justified – in that case
Armenia cannot simply be a member-state of the Council of Europe’,
– Yeritsyan said.