Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) said on Monday that it will take up its seats in Yerevan’s newly elected municipal council despite its criticism of the conduct of the May 5 elections in the capital.
Amid the continuing silence maintained by his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian on Wednesday condemned as “shameful” the conduct of the weekend municipal elections in Yerevan.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) insisted on Monday that it has received a popular mandate to govern Yerevan for another four years amid allegations of vote rigging made by the country’s main established opposition forces.
Tens of thousands of people marched to a hilltop memorial in Yerevan on Wednesday in an annual remembrance of some 1.5 million Armenians killed in Ottoman Turkey during World War I in what many historians consider genocide.
Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian on Tuesday urged the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), of which he is a senior member, to officially declare itself an opposition political force.
Opposition parties should cut a power-sharing deal in Yerevan if they succeed in stripping the ruling Republican Party (HHK) of its majority in the municipal council, a deputy chairman of Levon Ter-Petrosian’s Armenian National Congress (HAK) said on Thursday.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) criticized its political opponents on Wednesday for viewing the upcoming municipal elections in Yerevan as an opportunity to weaken its grip on power in the country.
A close associate of Raffi Hovannisian rounded on former President Levon Ter-Petrosian on Tuesday for dismissing as unserious anti-government protests held by the fellow opposition leader after the recent presidential election.
Armen Rustamian, a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), on Friday criticized fellow opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian for holding a demonstration in Yerevan that ended in clashes with riot police earlier this week.
Riot police should have acted more forcefully against thousands of opposition supporters that demonstrated against President Serzh Sarkisian’s second inauguration, a deputy chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) said on Wednesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian described ensuring faster economic development and reducing poverty in Armenia as his top priority for the next five years on Tuesday as he was sworn in for a second term more than one month after a disputed presidential election.
A man reportedly suffering from mental illness was shot and wounded by security officers on Friday while attempting to enter the Armenian parliament without authorization.
Armenia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday rejected opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian’s and another candidate’s demands to invalidate the official results of the February 18 presidential election that gave victory to incumbent President Serzh Sarkisian.
A member of Armenia’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday expressed concern over irregularities reported during last month’s presidential election, saying that they have fuelled public distrust in its official results.
The Constitutional Court opened on Monday hearings on opposition candidate Raffi Hovannisian’s appeal against official results of Armenia’s February 19 presidential election.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) called on Wednesday for the formation of a broad-based opposition alliance that would challenge the ruling Republican Party (HHK) in upcoming municipal elections in Yerevan.
Negotiations between the pro-government majority in the Armenian parliament and two major opposition parties on post-election tensions in the country ended in failure on Monday.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Friday distanced himself from negotiations held by representatives of his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party and the pro-government majority in the Armenian parliament in an attempt to defuse post-election tensions in the country.
The ruling Republican Party (HHK) and two major opposition parties began negotiations on Thursday on ways of preventing a political crisis in Armenia amid continuing opposition demonstrations against official results of last week’s presidential election.
Armenia’s government is ready to consider “reasonable proposals” from opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian to defuse post-election tensions and carry out wide-ranging reforms in the country, a key political ally of President Serzh Sarkisian said on Wednesday.
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