President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) indicated on Monday that it will not reprimand or even criticize a controversial regional governor for assaulting a woman.
The Armenian parliament will make no more changes in electoral legislation that are sought by the country’s main opposition forces, its deputy speaker, Eduard Sharmazanov, said on Friday.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) said on Thursday that it is ready to join forces with other major opposition groups to draft legal safeguards against vote rigging ahead of next year’s parliamentary elections.
The opposition Zharangutyun (Heritage) party demanded on Wednesday that Surik Khachatrian, governor of Armenia’s southeastern Syunik province, be immediately sacked for assaulting a woman.
The three political parties represented in Armenia’s government have not yet negotiated on the possibility of jointly contesting next May’s parliamentary elections, one of their leaders said on Tuesday.
A top representative of President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) said on Friday that it expects to work together with its two junior partners in the governing coalition during the forthcoming parliamentary elections.
Armenia has no plans to join the customs union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan which Moscow hopes could form the basis of a “Eurasian Union” of former Soviet republics, Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian said on Wednesday.
Samvel Nikoyan, a senior member of the governing Republican Party (HHK), was formally elected on Tuesday as the new speaker of Armenia’s parliament.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Monday condemned the upcoming election of Samvel Nikoyan, a senior member of President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK), as the new speaker of Armenia’s parliament.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has named the current acting speaker of the Armenian parliament, Samvel Nikoyan, as its candidate to stay in the post until the end of the legislature’s term next May.
The main governing Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) denies the recent meeting of its leading members amounted to forming election headquarters some five months before the parliamentary vote is expected.
A pro-government lawmaker and his opposition counterpart engaged in a heated verbal exchange following a speech interruption incident at the Armenian parliament on Wednesday.
The Armenian parliament is set to elect its new speaker next week after nearly a month of effectively having no permanent chairperson.
The Armenian parliament may not elect a new speaker before completing its tenure next spring, Galust Sahakian, the parliamentary leader of the ruling Republican Party (HHK), said on Thursday.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) said on Monday that it has still not decided who will succeed Hovik Abrahamian as speaker of the Armenian parliament.
The leadership of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) discussed a rare electoral defeat at the hands of its main partner in the country’s governing coalition during a meeting chaired by President Serzh Sarkisian late on Thursday.
An Armenian businesswoman claimed on Tuesday to have been assaulted by a regional governor notorious for reportedly violent conduct just days after accusing him of corruption and business-related fraud.
Parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian officially tendered his resignation on Monday, again linking the move with next year’s parliamentary elections.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) insisted on Friday that parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian decided to step down not because of being distrusted by President Serzh Sarkisian.
The United Nations will play no major role in international efforts to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict even after Azerbaijan became a member of its Security Council, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said on Thursday.
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