The National Assembly rejected on Wednesday a bill which Armenia’s leading opposition forces say is essential for the freedom and fairness of the May 6 parliamentary elections.
In an unprecedented joint demonstration, Armenia’s leading opposition forces rallied hundreds of supporters in Yerevan on Tuesday as the National Assembly debated their demands for a major reform of the country’s electoral system.
A standing committee of the Armenian parliament held on Wednesday hearings on a major voting reform which the country’s leading opposition forces say would make the upcoming parliamentary elections more democratic.
The pro-government mayor of the central town of Hrazdan narrowly defeated on Sunday his challenger representing the main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) in a closely watched local election, according to its preliminary official results.
The opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) party strongly condemned on Friday deputies from the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) for voting in the place of their absent to colleagues to push about a dozen government bills through parliament this week.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has reaffirmed its stated intention to significantly reduce the number of wealthy businesspeople representing it in the country’s parliament.
Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian openly backed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, saying that his victory in Russia’s upcoming presidential election would be good for Armenia.
A prominent journalist working for Armenia’s leading pro-opposition newspaper was arrested on Friday on charges of injuring another man which his colleagues rejected as baseless and politically motivated.
A leader of a new opposition party formed by former associates of Levon Ter-Petrosian on Thursday expressed confidence that it will be represented in Armenia’s next parliament to be elected in May.
The nearly two dozen opposition groups aligned in the main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) officially decided on Friday to jointly contest the upcoming parliamentary elections.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) is unlikely to form an electoral alliance with other major opposition parties and is confident about winning seats in the next parliament, one of its leaders said on Thursday.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) will sweep to a landslide victory in this spring’s parliamentary elections and solidify its control of the National Assembly, one of its deputy chairmen said on Wednesday.
Prosperous Armenia (BHK), the second most important party in the ruling coalition, said on Wednesday that it is looking into what it described as fake letters of resignation filed on behalf of several dozen BHK members in the southern Ararat province.
Many of the government-linked linked businesspeople elected to parliament on an individual basis may be allowed to run for reelection, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) said on Friday.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Tuesday joined other opposition groups in criticizing a senior official from the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) monitoring the political situation in Armenia.
Leaders of the two opposition parties represented in Armenia’s parliament accused on Monday a top representative of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) of blatant pro-government bias after meeting him to discuss the political situation in the country.
Representatives of the pro-government majority in the Armenian parliament circulated on Friday a bill to set up a new committee that would work out and enforce a code of conduct for lawmakers.
A leader of a new opposition party set up by former prominent members of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) confirmed on Wednesday that it will participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
The pro-government majority in the Armenian parliament will reject an opposition proposal to hold the upcoming parliamentary elections on a solely party-list basis, a senior lawmaker from the ruling Republican Party (HHK) said on Tuesday.
The two opposition parties represented in the National Assembly said on Monday that they will force a parliament debate on a voting reform which they believe would increase chances for the proper conduct of this year’s Armenian parliamentary elections.
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