Democracy is not established by force
The three-day CE Forum for the "Future of Democracy" drew to an end today. In a closing speech, Head of the Armenian Delegation to the PACE David Harutyunyan presented 14 points that he has recorded based on the discussions.
David Harutyunyan particularly mentioned that it is impossible to establish democracy by force and that democracy must become the society's property.
After his speech, "A1+" asked David Harutyunyan whether he condemns the application of force on March 1 since after that the authorities rated the presidential elections as democratic.
David Harutyunyan clarified that in his speech in English, he meant a country trying to establish democracy in another country, that is, he didn't refer to the events in Armenia, but global issues.
Chairman of the Venice Commission Gianni Buquicchio also spoke today. In his speech, Gianni Buquicchio stressed that democracy is the expression of the people's will through free and fair elections. He also took note that certain countries face serious challenges in regard to democracy and the CE must help those countries so that they don't move astray from those values too much.
