CAN A TURKISH NATIONAL PACE PRESIDENT BE UNBIASED?

Tert.am
14.05.10

"I would not like to comment on the statements I have made as head of
the Turkish delegation, but as head of the Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe I should say that all the 47 states are equal in
the Assembly and should be treated equally," President of PACE Mevlut
Chavushoglu said at a press conference at the National Assembly of
Armenia in response to the question whether or not he considered it
right that a person, who has a totally non-neutral approach toward the
Nagorno Karabakh issue, should head the sub-committee of the Assembly.

Armenian journalists also tried to find out how could Chavushoglu
be unbiased if he has already voted for the 1416 Resolution adopted
against Armenia.

"A lot of members have voted either for or against different
resolutions, and this is a normal democratic process in the European
establishments. As what concerns the 1416 resolution you mentioned, I
am not the only person who has voted in favor of it," said Chavushoglu.

In reference to resuming the work of the PACE sub-committee on Nagorno
Karabakh Chavushoglu said that the sub-committee is not functioning
since the death of its former president Russell Johnson, and that
there is no agreement as to the resumption of the works of that
sub-committee, its format and mandate.