President Serzh Sarkisian appeared to have postponed on Thursday evening the announcement of his pick for the vacant post of prime minister after talks held with the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK).
Representatives of the Prosperous Armenia Party and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Monday did not rule out the possibility of rejoining the government which will be reshuffled due to Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian’s resignation.
A controversial pension reform will continue to be enforced for now despite being declared unconstitutional by Armenia’s highest court, the government made clear on Thursday amid a renewed uproar from the opposition.
In a surprise verdict, Armenia’s Constitutional Court overturned on Wednesday a controversial reform of the national pension system that has triggered angry street protests by young workers affected by it. (UPDATED)
Armenia’s four main political parties challenging President Serzh Sarkisian agreed on Tuesday to stage joint rallies later this month in support of a vote of no confidence in the government sought by them in parliament.
The Constitutional Court in Armenia on Friday began hearing the opposition claim on the legality of an unpopular pension reform that has provoked street protests in the country recently.
Raffi Hovannisian sounded a cautious note on Friday over growing cooperation among his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party and the three other parliamentary parties challenging the Armenian government.
The four minority factions in Armenia’s parliament stepped up their coordinated offensive against President Serzh Sarkisian on Wednesday as they agreed to jointly propose of a vote of no confidence in his government next month.
Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) said on Friday that it is close to working out with the country’s three main established opposition parties a plan of joint anti-government actions.
The National Assembly blocked on Monday the launch of a new parliamentary inquiry into the 2008 deadly post-election violence in Yerevan that was demanded by its opposition minority.
Senior representatives of Armenia’s four main opposition parties said on Thursday that they are still discussing a motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian’s cabinet which they plan to put forward in the parliament.
The Armenian parliament decided on Wednesday to form an ad hoc commission that will investigate controversial aspects of natural gas supplies to the country that have sparked opposition attacks on the government in recent weeks.
Two opposition parties represented in the National Assembly rejected on Friday key terms of a parliamentary inquiry into the Armenian government’s controversial energy agreements with Russia that have been set by the government.
Representatives of major Armenian opposition parties on Wednesday voiced solidarity with anti-government protesters battling security forces in Ukraine’s capital Kiev but disagreed on consequences of the deadly unrest for Armenia.
The pro-government majority in the National Assembly appeared ready on Monday to accept opposition calls for a parliamentary inquiry into the Armenian government’s recent controversial agreements with Russia’s Gazprom monopoly.
The Armenian authorities will face a much tougher challenge to their rule if they continue blocking opposition initiatives in parliament, a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) warned on Friday.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) rejected on Tuesday opposition demands for the launch of a parliamentary inquiry into the Armenian government’s secret subsidizing of the price of natural gas that led to a controversial agreement with Russia’s Gazprom monopoly.
The pro-government majority in the National Assembly put an end on Monday to opposition control over a key parliament committee that has declared invalid Armenia’s recent controversial deal with Russia’s Gazprom natural gas monopoly.
The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) on Monday effectively approved the controversial ouster from the Strasbourg-based body of an outspoken Armenian opposition lawmaker.
Zaruhi Postanjian, an outspoken opposition lawmaker, said on Thursday that she will travel to Strasbourg later this month to challenge her controversial ouster from the Armenian delegation at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE).
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