Opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian signaled on Tuesday his intention to contest Armenia’s next presidential election due in February 2013.
President Serzh Sarkisian has managed to hold on to power because of securing strong Western support in return for major Armenian concessions to Azerbaijan and Turkey, opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian said on Monday.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) pulled out of the ruling coalition in 2009 not only because of strong objections to President Serzh Sarkisian’s policy of rapprochement with Turkey, a leader of the opposition party claimed on Thursday.
The opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) party on Wednesday questioned the governing Prosperous Armenia Party’s stated commitment to fighting against electoral fraud jointly with the country’s three main opposition groups.
Campaigning has officially begun for Armenia’s May 6 parliamentary elections, with most of the main contenders unveiling their electoral manifestos during rallies and indoor gatherings.
Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasian on Friday praised environmental activists campaigning for the preservation of a public park in Yerevan but warned them against attempting to dismantle kiosks controversially built there.
A court in Yerevan has upheld electoral authorities’ controversial decision to ban Khachatur Sukiasian, a prominent businessman, from running for parliament as a candidate of the opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK).
Three more political parties seen as major contenders in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections have unveiled their lists of candidates including well-known individuals that were not affiliated with them until recently.
Armenia has formally asked the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor its upcoming parliamentary elections, the head of the OSCE office in Yerevan, Andrey Sorokin, said on Thursday.
A record-high number of journalists are joining Armenia’s unfolding parliamentary race as candidates of key pro-government and opposition parties.
Businessman Khachatur Sukiasian said on Wednesday that he remains a staunch supporter of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian more than four years after actively backing the former Armenian president’s unsuccessful bid to return to power.
A millionaire businessman linked with Armenia’s largest opposition force formally joined the unfolding parliamentary race on Monday more than two years after resigning from the current National Assembly while being prosecuted on controversial charges.
First members of Syria’s sizable ethnic Armenian community have taken refuge in Armenia and many others are said to be considering joining them to flee the worsening crisis in the Middle Eastern country.
The opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Friday that it could ask the Constitutional Court to rule on the legality of a controversial bill that allows the government to use the armed forces to enforce a state of emergency.
The Armenian parliament passed on Thursday a controversial bill on emergency rule that was revised by the government after being strongly criticized by the country’s main opposition groups.
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.
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