PACE won't deprive Armenia of voting rights
With 3 votes 'for', 141 'against' and 5 abstentions, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has decided not to suspend Armenia's voting rights, the press office of the Armenian delegation to PACE told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
Declaring it "unacceptable" that persons could be charged and deprived of their liberty for political motivation in Armenia in relation to the events of 1 and 2 March 2008, the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on December 17, 2008 recommended suspending the voting rights of Armenia's eight-member delegation to the Assembly until the authorities "have clearly demonstrated their political will to resolve this issue."
The co-rapporteurs visited the country earlier this month, with a view to reporting back to the Committee on any progress with respect to the release of these persons.
Declaring it "unacceptable" that persons could be charged and deprived of their liberty for political motivation in Armenia in relation to the events of 1 and 2 March 2008, the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on December 17, 2008 recommended suspending the voting rights of Armenia's eight-member delegation to the Assembly until the authorities "have clearly demonstrated their political will to resolve this issue."
The co-rapporteurs visited the country earlier this month, with a view to reporting back to the Committee on any progress with respect to the release of these persons.
