Mr. Gagik Harutyunyan, the President of the RA Constitutional Court, Member of the Bureau of the Venice Commission participated in the 103rd Plenary Session of the Venice Commission, which was held in Venice on June 19. The issue concerning the process of constitutional reforms in the Republic of Armenia was also involved in the Agenda of the Plenary Session. After the reports made by the Members of the Commission Mr. Tuori and Mr Harutyunayan, at the Plenary Session it was stated that, as the rapporteurs of the Commission, Mr. Bartole (Italy), Mr. Endzins (Latvia), Mr. Grabenwarter (Austria), Mr. Tuori (Finland), Mr. Tanchev (Bulgaria) and Ms. Khabrieva (Russia), the Members of the Venice Commission, efficiently collaborate with the Professional Commission for Constitutional Reforms. The Venice Commission recognised the important work done at that stage, approved the schedule of further discussions and assured that, by the results of discussions to be held on July, the group of rapporteurs will presented a summarized opinion on the concept paper on constitutional reforms. In particular, Mr. Tuori emphasized that the discussed constitutional reforms were very positively assessed by the Expert Group.
Mr. Buquicchio, the President of the Venice Commission, summarized the discussion and recognised the important work done. He also emphasized that the Commission is always ready to continue working in that direction.
The activities of the Plenary Session of the Venice Commission will continue tomorrow on June 20, 2015.