translate English to French: After this procedure miscarried, the authorities nonetheless decided to give Armenia an ombudsman forthwith and worked out a compromise making it possible to abide by the Constitution pending its revision. 98. The law enacted is along the lines desired by the Parliamentary Assembly and conforms to the principles which it has again recalled of late in Recommendation 1615 (2003) on the institution of Ombudsman 16 - with a single exception, relating precisely to the compromise solution proposed by the authorities. 99. The law in fact provides that, as a transitional arrangement, the President of the Republic not the National Assembly will appoint the first Human Rights Defender, after consulting the parliamentary groups and factions.
Les autorités envisageaient initialement de n’adopter ce projet de loi qu’à l’issue de la révision de la constitution, afin de doter le futur ombudsman d’un statut constitutionnel. Cette démarche ayant avorté, les autorités ont néanmoins décidé de doter sans attendre l’Arménie d’un ombudsman et ont élaboré un compromis permettant de respecter la constitution, dans l’attente de sa révision.