PACE Monitoring Committee into March 1 Commission Report Comes to Light
Armenian National Congress coordinator Levon Zurabyan, while speaking to journalists today, addressed the report by Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) co-rapporteurs on the National Assembly of Armenia Commission for the Investigation of March 1st Events.
“Unfortunately, though the report had been long distributed to members of the monitoring committee, the governing leaders, in essence, until recently, hid this report from the Armenian public, presenting it with a few incoherent comments and misrepresented. The report was made available on the PACE website yesterday, and we have the opportunity to present it to our public,” noted Zurabyan.
A summary of the report, as published on the official PACE website, follows:
“The recommendations of the ad hoc Committee of the National Assembly of Armenia into the events of 1 and 2 March 2008 provide ‘a comprehensive, although not complete’ response to the political crisis, according to an information note by the co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Armenia of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) made public this week.
“In their note, Georges Colombier (France, EPP/CD) and John Prescott (United Kingdom, SOC) said the recommendations were regrettably not complemented by a comprehensive analysis of the events of 1 and 2 March, which they felt was rather one-sided, and gave the impression that the committee wanted to avoid criticising the authorities. They strongly regretted the almost total lack of analysis of developments that followed these events, and expressed concern at the lack of concrete results from the inquiry into the 10 fatalities that occurred.
“The co-rapporteurs recommended the continuation of a special body of the parliament to oversee implementation of the report’s recommendations and conduct further inquiries where necessary. They said they would closely follow this matter in the framework of the regular monitoring of Armenia and report back to PACE’s Monitoring Committee at a future meeting.”
Source: Tert - Original Article
Related News:
- March 1 Events Not Discussed at PACE, Co-Rapporteurs Absent
- PACE Delegates “outraged”: March 1, 2008 in Armenia Was Coup D’ etat According To Draft Resolution
- Final Report on March 1 to Be Released
- The Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism, Publishes its Report on Armenia
- PACE Confirms Criticism Of Armenian Parliament Probe
Loading ...
Recent Comments