RPA: REFUSAL OF ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MP TO PARTICIPATE IN PACE SESSION NOT BEST SOLUTION
ARKA
July 1, 2008
Refusal of opposition member of Armenian Parliament Raffi Hovhannisian
to participate in the summer session of PACE was hardly the best
solution as Armenia has not become a more democratic country after it,
the Press Secretary of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA)
Eduard Sharmazanov said.
The head of Heritage faction Raffi Hovhannisian is the
only representative of Armenian opposition in the Armenian
delegation to PACE who refused to participate in the recent PACE
session. Hovhannisian said he will not participate in PACE sessions
unless Armenia fulfills its commitments to the CE.
Co-rapporteur of PACE monitoring commission on Armenia John Prescott
considered Hovhannisian’s refusal an unserious step and stressed the
necessity to continue the works.
The Head of the Armenian delegation to PACE David Harutiunian pointed
out that the Heritage factions head’s leaving does impede the Armenian
side in the CE.