Yesterday the European Parliamentary Assembly held a monitoring session in Paris, during which they discussed the timeline suggested by the Armenian government. According to the timeline written by the head of the Armenian delegation to the PACE davit Harutyunyan, the Armenian government has taken the responsibility to reform the judicial system and adopt the necessary changes in the parliament till the end of the year to provide an opportunity to get prepared for the next elections in 2011. The government is also undertaking a responsibility to make other “beautiful reforms”, about which they are speaking only in case the European institutions demand anything from Armenia. To note, on February 2 the co-rapporteurs on Armenia John Prescott and George Colombier in their statement demanded from the Armenian government to develop a timeline of reforms till the session in April for the purpose of implementing the assignments of the ad hoc looking into the events of March 1 and the corresponding resolutions of the EU. According to the co-rapporteurs, the goal of the initiative had to be the detailed investigation of the conditions resulting in the events of March 1-2. Even though the implementation of steps in the timeline prepared by Davit Harutyunyan have nothing to do with the detailed investigation of the events, it was approved by the co-rapporteurs during yesterday’s session of the monitoring committee. Davit Harutyunyan has told the Radio Liberty that George Colombier gave a positive opinion to the timeline and appreciated the will of the Armenian government to make reports. The PACE co-rapporteurs have again demonstrated their decisive approach and are going to visit Armenia in April to evaluate the implementation of the steps in the timeline.
