Monitoring Committee to discuss Armenia
Today at 2 p.m. local time the PACE Monitoring Committee will discuss the issue of Armenia during its session.
Co-Rapporteurs John Prescott and Goran Lindbland will present the implementation of the program for reforms proposed by the Armenian authorities. Also participating in the discussion will be representative of the Armenian National Congress, political scientist Arman Grigoryan.
The Armenian authorities have expressed commitment to make reforms in the electoral system and adopt legislative reforms by the end of this year in order to prepare for the next elections starting in 2011. The Co-Rapporteurs have also demanded reforms of the police and the judicial system.
Let us remind that in February the Co-Rapporteurs had announced that the Armenian authorities had to carry out the reforms proposed by the Armenian National Assembly's ad-hoc committee on the events of 2008 March 1-2 without further delay.
"Careful implementation of the reforms proposed by the ad-hoc committee and fulfillment of the PACE Resolutions may provide comprehensive solutions for the circumstances that led up to the events of 2008 March 1-2," said the Co-Rapporteurs.
