Armenian press freedom groups have condemned Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian for insulting an RFE/RL reporter and demanded parliamentary proceedings against him.
Senior representatives of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s My Step alliance expressed concern on Friday over a senior judge’s appointment to a state body overseeing Armenia’s courts.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian joined on Tuesday other opposition figures in defending the legitimacy of the Constitutional Court challenged by its newest judge and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s political allies.
The chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional Court, Hrayr Tovmasian, said on Thursday that he will not resign despite having his legitimacy challenged by the court’s newest judge and the ruling My Step alliance.
The pro-government majority in the National Assembly has raised eyebrows after failing to install a new member of Armenia’s state judicial watchdog nominated by it.
International donors have agreed to finance a sharp increase in the salaries of Armenia’s judges sought by the Armenian government, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian insisted on Thursday that his government performed “brilliantly” after taking office as a result of last spring’s “velvet revolution” in Armenia.
The National Assembly on Tuesday voted to elect a prominent lawyer, Vahe Grigorian, as a new member of Armenia’s Constitutional Court.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian indicated on Tuesday that he will ignore a second summons from law-enforcement officials investigating an arson attack reported ahead of a recent local election won by a BHK-backed candidate.
The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC), a state body overseeing Armenia’s courts, has been effectively paralyzed by the resignations of five of its nine members.
President Armen Sarkissian’s latest nominee to the Constitutional Court said on Thursday that his warm relations with members of Armenia’s new ruling elite would not influence his judicial activities.
Armenia’s Constitutional Court has delayed until July 9 a keenly anticipated decision on whether former President Robert Kocharian can stand trial on charges stemming from the 2008 post-election violence in Yerevan.
The two opposition parties represented in Armenia’s parliament said on Friday that they have no plans to join forces with former President Robert Kocharian in challenging the current government.
The pro-government majority in the Armenian parliament said on Tuesday it will avoid for now launching an inquiry that could lead to Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian’s expulsion from the National Assembly.
Adding to mounting pressure on Gagik Tsarukian, parliament speaker Ararat Mirzoyan has challenged the leader of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) to publicly dispel “reasonable” doubts about the legality of his entrepreneurial activities.
A close associate of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian congratulated Armenians on Tuesday on the first anniversary of the dramatic resignation of the country’s former leader, Serzh Sarkisian, announced amid mass protests against his continued rule.
Tensions between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s alliance and Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) rose on Thursday as their senior representatives traded fresh accusations in the parliament.
An Armenian opposition leader on Friday praised Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s latest remarks on Nagorno-Karabakh but disputed his claim that Armenia has become a full-fledged democracy since last year’s “velvet revolution.”
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s alliance and the main opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) on Tuesday continued to blame each other for a transgender activist’s unprecedented speech in the Armenian parliament which caused a stir in the socially conservative country.
The Armenian government plans to reduce the burden of direct taxes as it considers it to be key to economic growth, according to a minister.
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