Democratic structures should not compromise between values and prices: David Babayn on PACE vote

David Babayan, Spokesman for the President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, took to Twitter to comment on today’s vote on two anti-Armenian reports at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

“PACE rejected one anti-Armenian, pro-Azerbaijani and antidemocratic report, but accepted another one. It is not a sign of PACE compromise approach towards Azerbaijan and Armenia. It is a sign of PACE’s week immune system,” David Babayan said.

“Democratic structure should not compromise between democracy and bribery, between values and prices,” the Spokesman said.

Today the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) held a heated debate on two reports on Nagorno-Karabakh: “Escalation of violence in Nagorno-Karabakh and the other occupied territories of Azerbaijan”, by rapporteur Robert Walter (UK) and “Inhabitants of frontier regions of Azerbaijan are deliberately deprived of water,” by rapporteur Milica Marković (Bosnia and Herzegovina). The Parliamentary Assembly rejected the report by Walter and adopted the one by Markovic.