12/06/2008 Monitoring
Strasbourg, 12.06.2008 – Georges Colombier (France, EPP/CD) and John Prescott (United Kingdom, SOC), co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on the monitoring of Armenia’s obligations and commitments, will be making a fact-finding visit to Armenia on 16 and 17 June, in order to assess the implementation of PACE Resolution 1609 (2008) on the functioning of democratic institutions in Armenia.
During the visit, the co-rapporteurs will meet, among others, the President of the Republic Serzh Sargsyan, the President of the National Assembly Tigran Torosyan, representatives of the political parties, both from the ruling coalition and the opposition, representatives of the extra-parliamentary opposition, including Levon Ter-Petrossian, the presidential working group for the co-ordination of the implementation of PACE resolution 1609, the parliamentary working group on the reform of the electoral code, defence lawyers of detained opposition activists and representatives of NGOs.
If, at the end of their visit, the co-rapporteurs conclude that insufficient progress has been made, the Assembly may hold a debate under urgent procedure on 25 June, at its summer session, on the functioning of democratic institutions Armenia.