Presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikian announced on Tuesday that he will not seek to delay Armenia’s upcoming presidential election because of an apparent assassination attempt, meaning that it will be held as planned on February 18. (UPDATED)
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian attended a session of parliament for the first time since last May’s legislative elections but again avoided contact with the media on Monday.
President Serzh Sarkisian cancelled a rally in Yerevan and decided not to air any campaign aids on Friday following an apparent attempt on the life of one of his election challengers.
Several dozen journalists and civic activists marched to a court in Yerevan on Wednesday to condemn its handling of a libel suit filed against an independent newspaper by a government-linked businessman.
Official campaigning started on Monday for Armenia’s presidential election, with President Serzh Sarkisian and his two main opposition challengers holding their first rallies.
Former Prime Minister Hrant Bagratian, one of the main opposition candidates in Armenia’s presidential election, looks set to be endorsed by an opposition party represented in parliament.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) hopes that its supporters will vote in next month’s presidential election despite its decision not to field any candidates, a leader of the opposition party said on Thursday.
Many members of Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) will be campaigning for President Serzh Sarkisian’s reelection in next month’s ballot, a top presidential ally claimed on Wednesday.
A member of Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) who moved last month to run for president said on Wednesday that he is quitting the race to comply with the BHK’s decision not to nominate or endorse any presidential candidates.
Two former Armenian opposition parties led by veteran politicians on Monday confirmed that they support President Serzh Sarkisian’s reelection plans.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) declared on Thursday that it will not field or endorse any presidential candidate after all, saying that changing Armenia’s government through elections has become impossible because of chronic vote rigging.
In what was his first public speech in six months delivered over the weekend, opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian declined to clarify whether he will run in Armenia’s upcoming presidential election.
Law-enforcement authorities launched on Friday a criminal investigation into the secret recording and publication of a revealing conversation between two prominent opposition politicians on the political situation in Armenia.
A notorious parliament deputy affiliated with President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has become embroiled in another scandal after threatening to beat up a journalist who asked him for comment.
The pro-government majority in Armenia’s parliament on Wednesday effectively abandoned its plans to end opposition control over one of its 13 standing committees.
President Serzh Sarkisian held separate talks over the weekend with the leaders of two former members of his governing coalition that could challenge him in Armenia’s upcoming presidential election.
The Armenian parliament rejected on Thursday a motion to demand sweeping government measures which its opposition minority believes would break up business monopolies and boost competition in the country.
The National Assembly passed on Wednesday Armenia’s state budget for next year that calls for a nearly 10 percent rise in government spending projected at 1.15 trillion drams ($2.84 billion).
Parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian said on Tuesday that he will manage President Serzh Sarkisian’s campaign in the upcoming presidential election and might again resign because of that.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) moved on Thursday to take the pro-government majority in Armenia’s parliament to court for thwarting a plenary session on an election-related bill drafted by the opposition bloc.
Բեռնել ավելին
