AD HOC COMMITTEE OF ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT WANTS TO AVOID CRITICIZING THE AUTHORITIES

PanARMENIAN.Net
22.12.2009 20:19 GMT+04:0

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The recommendations of the ad hoc Committee of
the National Assembly of Armenia into the events of 1 and 2 March
2008 provide "a comprehensive, although not complete" response
to the political crisis, according to an information note by the
co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) made public this week.

In their note, Georges Colombier (France, EPP/CD) and John Prescott
(United Kingdom, SOC) said the recommendations were regrettably not
complemented by a comprehensive analysis of the events of 1 and 2
March, which they felt was rather one-sided, and gave the impression
that the committee wanted to avoid criticising the authorities. They
strongly regretted the almost total lack of analysis of developments
that followed these events, and expressed concern at the lack of
concrete results from the inquiry into the 10 fatalities that occurred.

The co-rapporteurs recommended the continuation of a special
body of the parliament to oversee implementation of the report’s
recommendations and conduct further inquiries where necessary.

They said they would closely follow this matter in the framework of
the regular monitoring of Armenia and report back to PACE’s Monitoring
Committee at a future meeting.