Armenia’s Constitutional Court began on Friday hearings on appeals against the official results of the June 7 parliamentary elections filed by six opposition groups and one pro-government party.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday blamed Armenian opposition and Diaspora groups for Azerbaijan’s renewed demands for Armenia to allow a mass influx of Azerbaijanis who had lived there in Soviet times.
Following Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s pledges to “dispossess” his main political foes, the Armenian authorities have launched tax audits of companies owned by opposition leader Gagik Tsarukian, his spokeswoman said on Friday.
Six opposition groups and one pro-government party petitioned Armenia’s Constitutional Court on Friday to invalidate the official results of the June 7 parliamentary elections that gave victory to the ruling Civil Contract party.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian pledged on Wednesday to “crush” the leaders of Armenia’s three main opposition groups that won at least 37 percent of the vote in the June 7 parliamentary elections.
Former President Robert Kocharian’s Hayastan alliance said on Tuesday that it will ask Armenia’s Constitutional Court to annul the official results of Sunday’s parliamentary elections that have also been rejected as fraudulent by other opposition groups.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities did not arrest or charge anyone on Wednesday one day after supporters of two key opposition groups running in the June 7 parliamentary elections were physically assaulted by government loyalists in separate incidents caught on camera.
Billionaire Samvel Karapetian indicated on Friday that his Strong Armenia alliance and other major opposition groups running in next month’s parliamentary elections stand ready to respond to continuing arrests of their members with street protests.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s political team played down on Thursday Armenia’s mounting tensions with Russia and the resulting risk of Russian sanctions that could cripple the Armenian economy.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian claimed to have a warm rapport with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday the day after Moscow questioned Armenia’s continued membership in a Russian-led trade bloc vital for the Armenian economy.
Campaigning officially began in Armenia on Friday for the June 7 parliamentary elections which will extend or end Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s eight-year rule.
The French-based international organization Reporters without Borders (RSF) has significantly downgraded Armenia’s position in its annual survey of press freedom around the world.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian touted his economic record on Monday at a meeting with about two dozen owners and top executives of leading Armenian companies which some analysts linked to the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
Gagik Tsarukian, a wealthy businessman leading one of the main opposition contenders in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections, has ruled out any post-election deals that would lead to former President Robert Kocharian’s return to power.
Armenia’s Ministry of Justice has denied that a leaked draft constitution published by a local news website represents the final version prepared by the government.
Armenia’s opposition “Strong Armenia” party currently sees no conditions that would allow it to pursue independence for Nagorno-Karabakh, even if it wins upcoming parliamentary elections.
The Armenian government decided on Thursday to spend 4.6 billion drams ($12.2 million) in fresh bonuses that will be paid to its senior officials and other government employees before the parliamentary elections slated for June 7.
Russia remains interested in having a stake in a planned U.S.-run transit corridor that would connect Azerbaijan to its Nakhichevan exclave through Armenia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
An Armenian law-enforcement agency did not deny on Tuesday reports about the disappearance of its purported main piece of evidence against one of the three archbishops arrested last year amid Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s attempts to depose Catholicos Garegin II.
Citing continuing government pressure on its top clergy loyal to Catholicos Garegin II, the Mother See of the Armenian Apostolic Church has decided to hold a delayed emergency conference of its bishops abroad.
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