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PACE co-rapporteurs blame Armenian National Assemblyâ€™s ad hoc Committee for demonstrating pro-government position

22 December 2009 15:35 (UTC +04:00)

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 reportâ€™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 PACEâ€™s Monitoring Committee at a future meeting.