MOST IMPORTANT STEPS IN DIRECTION OF FULFILMENT OF PACE RESOLUTION
HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN LEGISLATIVE SPHERE, DAVID HAROUTIUNIAN SAYS
Y EREVAN, JUNE 13, NOYAN TAPAN. Some steps recorded so far in the
direction of fulfilment of PACE Resolution N 1609 have been taken
especially in the legislative sphere. David Haroutiunian, the Chairman
of the National Assembly Standing Committee for State and Legal Issues,
the Head of the Armenian delegation in PACE, said at the June 13 press
conference. In his words, the most important step is adoption of new
amendments to the law On Holding Meetings, Gatherings, Marches, and
Demonstrations. Therefore, the issue of regulation of mass events,
according to D. Haroutiunian, can be considered finally solved.
He said that in the respect of expanding opposition’s rights the most
important reform is giving oppositionists a possibility to challenge
disputable issues by a judicial order in the Constitutional Court.
D. Haroutiunian affirmed that any change, including those made within
the framework of the PACE Resolution, should enjoy public confidence.
Therefore he has sent an invitation of participation in sittings of
working groups created for the purpose of resolution’s fulfilment to
all former presidential candidates. Among them, first President Levon
Ter-Petrosian has not responded to the invitation and Arman Melikian
refused it in a written form. As regards issues discussed by the group,
according to D. Haroutiunian, is it still early to publicize them.