ArmenPress
Dec 13 2004
COUNCIL OF EUROPE COMMISSION CALLS FOR BALANCED RELATIONS AMONG POWER
BRANCHES IN AMENDED ARMENIAN CONSTITUTION
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 13, ARMENPRESS: The Council of Europe Venice
Commission has welcomed two options of major constitutional changes
drafted by the ruling coalition and the United Labor Party
parliamentary factions, which together with a third package of
amendments, designed by a parliament member Arshak Sadoyan, were sent
to it for examination and assessment.
An interim resolution adopted by the Venice Commission during
December 3-4 session described the two packages as a step forward
that could promote Armenia’s more effective fulfillment of a range of
commitments which it assumed when joining Europe’s biggest human
rights organizations.
However, the resolution said more drastic changes should be
carried out to ensure more balanced relations among power branches.
The resolution said also that the package of constitutional changes,
presented by Arshak Sadoyan, failed to address a string of key
issues, such as protection of human rights and basic freedoms.
The resolution of the Venice Commission emphasizes a wide
involvement of all strata of the public in the process of the
Constitutional improvements.
Speaking to reporters today Arshak Sadoyan said that all political
forces concerned with the nation’s future should combine their
efforts to build such a system of power that would be welcomed by the
authorities and the public at large. He said this could be achieved
by consensus cooperation.