{"id":68803,"date":"2021-04-27T03:00:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T01:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=68803"},"modified":"2021-09-14T12:12:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T10:12:32","slug":"council-of-europe-urges-belarus-and-armenia-to-address-electoral-reforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/council-of-europe-urges-belarus-and-armenia-to-address-electoral-reforms\/","title":{"rendered":"Council of Europe urges Belarus and Armenia to address electoral reforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting with Belarus, Belarus is urged to carry out comprehensive reform of its electoral system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1200px-Flag_of_the_Council_of_Europe.svg_.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-66771 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1200px-Flag_of_the_Council_of_Europe.svg_-300x176.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1200px-Flag_of_the_Council_of_Europe.svg_-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1200px-Flag_of_the_Council_of_Europe.svg_-1024x600.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1200px-Flag_of_the_Council_of_Europe.svg_-768x450.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/1200px-Flag_of_the_Council_of_Europe.svg_.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"chapeau\">PACE has urged <strong>Belarus <\/strong>to comprehensively <strong>reform<\/strong> its <strong>electoral system<\/strong> to bring it into line with international standards for <strong>democratic elections<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Approving a resolution and recommendation based on a report by Lord Blencathra (United Kingdom, EC), the Assembly said that the current failed electoral system in Belarus \u201chad been a driving factor behind the current political, economic and human rights crisis affecting the country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/5f37907b43a81.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-68784 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/5f37907b43a81-1024x662.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/5f37907b43a81-1024x662.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/5f37907b43a81-300x194.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/5f37907b43a81-768x496.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/5f37907b43a81.jpeg 1360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The parliamentarians listed the priority areas requiring change in order to bring them into line with previous Assembly, OSCE\/ODIHR and Venice Commission recommendations, recalling that they and others had been \u201cpointing to the systemic problems\u201d with the electoral system for more than two decades.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With regard to <strong>Armenia<\/strong>, electoral legislation amendments welcomed but further improvements needed.<\/p>\n<p>The Council of Europe\u2019s body of <strong>constitutional legal experts<\/strong>, the <strong>Venice Commission<\/strong>, and the <strong>OSCE\/ODIHR <\/strong>have published an <strong>urgent joint opinion on amendments to the Electoral Code and related legislation of Armenia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Having examined the conformity of the procedure of their development, as well as the conformity of the amendments with international standards, the opinion concludes that <strong>the package is to be broadly welcomed<\/strong>, as it addresses the majority of previous recommendations, <strong>but improving these amendments is still recommended<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Yerevan_2012_February.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-68786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Yerevan_2012_February-1024x679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Yerevan_2012_February-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Yerevan_2012_February-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Yerevan_2012_February-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Yerevan_2012_February-1536x1018.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Yerevan_2012_February.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The opinion was requested by the Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia on 4 March 2021 and is based inter alia on a series of video conferences with representatives of state and non-state actors.<\/p>\n<p>On 1 April 2021, the National Assembly adopted a first set of amendments to the Electoral Code concerning the abolition of the territorial candidate lists with 82 votes in favour and no abstentions or votes against. The signing of the amendments into law is pending.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal abolishes the territorial candidate lists, establishing a proportional electoral system only based on a nationwide constituency, thus reducing regional inequalities in the value of the ballot, the opinion reads.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Venice Commission<\/strong> and the ODIHR note with satisfaction that the reform went through broad consultations among different political forces, civil society and expert community and took place within an adequate timeframe, assuring the widest possible support to the amendments.<\/p>\n<h3>Further information:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/portal\/-\/belarus-is-urged-to-carry-out-comprehensive-reform-of-its-electoral-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CoE News-Belarus<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/portal\/-\/armenia-electoral-legislation-amendments-welcomed-but-further-improvements-needed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CoE News-Armenia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/search.coe.int\/directorate_of_communications\/Pages\/result_details.aspx?ObjectId=0900001680a23901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Press release-Armenia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/doc.-15253.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full report-Belarus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting with Belarus, Belarus is urged to carry out comprehensive reform of its electoral system. 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