On April 16 in the National Assembly the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Tigran Torosyan, Justice Minister of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Gevorg Danielyan, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Gevorg Mheryan and the expert of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe Ms. Simona Granata-Menghini and experts of the OSCE/ODIHR Mr. Denis Petit and Mr. Neil Jarman continued the discussions of the conclusion on the amendments adopted on March 17, 2008 to the law of the Republic of Armenia on Conducting Meetings, Assemblies, Rallies and Demonstrations.

The experts proposed to amend the law in their conclusion for solving the following main issues: clarify the bases affirming the credibility of the conclusion of the prohibition of the mass event, clarify the envisaged terms for the discussion of notification, define conditions for conducting spontaneous events.

As a result of discussions, a full agreement was reached regarding the issues that the experts recorded in their conclusion. A memorandum was made on the Amendments to the RA Law on Conducting Meetings, Assemblies, Rallies and Demonstrations, which is posted on the website of the National Assembly.

Based on the agreements reached with the experts of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe and OSCE/ODIHR a draft law on Making the amendments to the Law of the Republic of Armenia on Conducting Meetings, Assemblies, Rallies and Demonstrations will be developed and will be sent to the experts by April 25. The draft law will be discussed and adopted in the parliament after receiving the experts’ conclusion. The draft law will be put into circulation and also posted on the website of the National Assembly, it will be available for the civil society – the National Assembly is open for proposals.

At the same time the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Tigran Torosyan said that a working group is envisaged to set up, which will discuss the proposals and comments of the observation missions and different organizations regarding the presidential elections. As a result of discussions, the amended draft laws will be submitted to the National Assembly in future.