“DRAFT RESOLUTION IS DIRECTED AGAINST THIS REGIME”

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The Armenian National Congress issued a statement today which runs,

The Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) discussed the implementation of Resolutions 1609 and 1620 by the Armenian Government which imposed certain responsibilities on the Armenian authorities.

The Committee passed a draft resolution to be voted during the Committee’s January session.

The draft resolution assesses the implementation of Resolutions 1609 and 1620 as unsatisfactory. For the first time the resolution indicates the presence of political prisoners in Armenia, an inacceptable phenomenon for the Council of Europe and the entire civilised world.

The resolution recommends a sanction – to suspend the voting right of the Armenian delegation.

In this connection the Armenian National Congress announces:

1 The PACE delegation is against the Armenian regime and not against Armenia and its people. The same regime is accountable for this resolution, which has ignored the obligations assumed by the state, the recommendations and demands of the CoE, other authoritative European and international organisations, and has kept tens of people in prison for months, restricted the fundamental freedoms of assemblies, marches, speech and human rights.

2. In the given case the suspension of the voting right of the Armenian delegation is not harmful to Armenia and its people despite the claims of the regime officials. A delegation is deprived of the right to vote if its activities in the PACE have been fully directed at the protection of the rights of the bandit regime rather than Armenia and its people, its anti-popular actions, hiding the crimes and illegalities committed by it and misleading the international community. Due to the criminal functioning of this delegation this organisation passed an unfavorable resolution on the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh. p>
3. Due to the same anti-popular activities of the government the recurrent installment of the MCC to Armenia was suspended. Commending the recent resolution of the PACE Monitoring Committee as a step towards restoring democracy and human rights in Armenia, the Armenian National Congress once again calls upon the international organisations to impose sanctions which target at the anti-popular regime rather than at the country and people, and which aim to establish democracy and legality in the country. 4. The decision of the PACE Monitoring Committee is the victory of the Popular Movement which emerged around a year ago. For the first time our stance and evaluations are found in an important international document. This is the international recognition and appreciation of Armenia as a most serious political force and factor.