CHAIRMAN OF ARMENIAN NGO “DEMOCRACY” MEETS WITH PACE CHAIRMAN
YEREVAN, AUGUST 18. ARMINFO. The authorities of Armenia have not
fulfilled all the requirements of th Venice Commission of the Council
of Europe, Chairman of the nongovernmental organization “Democracy”
Vardan Poghosian stated during the meeting of PACE Chairman Rene van
der Linden with representatives of Armenia’s NGOs.
In particular, talking to ARMINFO Poghosian said that “Democracy”
considers unfulfilled one of the most important recommendations of
the Venice Commission – to ensure wide public dialogue in the country
regarding the reforms of the Constitution. “We give much importance
to it than the content of the draft constitutional amendments,
as transparent referendum is possible only at the presence of a
dialogue of the authorities with opposition and public organizations”,
Poghosian informed.