The Armenian parliamentary opposition said on Tuesday that it will appeal to the Constitutional Court to scrap a controversial reform of the national pension system that has triggered continuing street protests by mostly young professionals.
Hundreds of mostly young Armenians again took to the streets of Yerevan on Thursday to protest against a controversial pension reform that will effectively lower their wages.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) thwarted on Friday an opposition-initiated parliament debate on the government’s controversial reform of the national pension system fiercely opposed by many young and well-paid professionals.
Two opposition deputies complained on Friday that the Armenian authorities are still refusing to allow them to meet any of the 14 anti-government protesters that were arrested after clashing with riot police in Yerevan last week.
The head of an Armenian parliamentary oversight body was careful not to again allege government abuses on Monday as he addressed the National Assembly four months after being harshly criticized by President Serzh Sarkisian.
Armenia’s mainstream opposition forces distanced themselves on Wednesday from a radical activist’s purported attempt to topple the government, while blaming the latter for the root causes of the Tuesday’s street clashes in Yerevan.
Parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian on Wednesday removed an opposition deputy from the Armenian delegation at the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) for embarrassing President Serzh Sarkisian in the Strasbourg-based body earlier this month.
Parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian blamed on Monday an outspoken opposition lawmaker for her recent altercation with Russian border guards that provoked opposition allegations of a gross violation of Armenia’s sovereignty.
The issue of providing a government subsidy for the recently increased price of Russian natural gas is no longer “on the agenda” after Armenia’s decision to join the Moscow-led Customs Union, the country’s energy minister said on Tuesday.
The opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) party decried the “political persecution” of one of its parliament deputies on Friday as she received more public insults from pro-government colleagues for accusing President Serzh Sarkisian of gambling.
The National Assembly approved on Tuesday President Serzh Sarkisian’s pick for Armenia’s new prosecutor-general amid surprisingly little resistance from its opposition minority.
President Serzh Sarkisian has asked the Armenian parliament to call another general amnesty that could lead to the release of two government critics regarded by their supporters as political prisoners, it emerged on Monday.
A 35-year-old law-enforcement official close to President Serzh Sarkisian is poised to become Armenia’s new prosecutor-general.
President Serzh Sarkisian has moved to set up a new and powerful law-enforcement agency that will be tasked with conducting criminal investigations.
Armenia’s leading opposition parties have given differing assessments of government plans to join the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, with only one of them condemning the unexpected U-turn in Armenian foreign policy.
An opposition bloc represented in Yerevan’s municipal assembly challenged the legality of Mayor Taron Markarian’s failed to attempt to sharply raise public transport fares in Armenia’s Administrative Court on Wednesday.
Yerevan Mayor Taron Markarian on Tuesday did not rule out the possibility of making another attempt soon to significantly raise the cost of public transport in the Armenian capital.
Armenia hopes to earn quick and significant economic benefits from its forthcoming Association Agreement with the European Union, a senior pro-government lawmaker in Yerevan said on Thursday.
Yerevan’s embattled Mayor Taron Markarian on Wednesday denied fresh allegations of illegal business ownership reflecting the continuing fallout from his ill-fated attempt to significantly raise public transport fees in the capital.
Hundreds of youth activists continued to demonstrate outside the Yerevan municipality on Friday despite Mayor Taron Markarian’s decision to cancel a controversial rise in public transport fees.
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