The 2019 OSCE/ODIHR Opinion stated the requirement that documentation for establishing a political party was too detailed and burdensome.21 Article 8 para 4 which states “[a]t least one month before the day of holding the founding congress, the organisers of the founding congress shall publish a notification about the time and venue of the founding congress of the political party, as well as the general provisions of the draft statute and draft programme of the political party on the official website for public notifications of the Republic of Armenia” and which has been criticised as disproportionate in the 2019 Opinion has not been changed. The requirement to hold a congress with detail of the draft statute and programme is an excessive logistical and economic obstacle to the establishment of a political party. Therefore, the recommendation is repeated. While transparency of the activities, processes and aims of political parties is important, the provision introduces a disproportionate requirement that can in fact hinder the prompt registration of a political party and should be removed.
