Ignoring opposition objections, Armenia’s parliament decided on Thursday to hold a referendum on constitutional changes that would dismiss seven of the nine members of the Constitutional Court locked in a bitter dispute with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s government.
In a move denounced by the Armenian opposition, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s My Step bloc has drafted constitutional changes that would dismiss seven of the nine members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court locked in a bitter dispute with the government.
Constitutional Court Chairman Hrayr Tovmasian has said that he will not step down despite facing criminal charges and growing pressure from Armenia’s political leadership.
Citing the need to reverse Armenia’s falling birthrate, the government approved on Thursday sharp increases in child benefits which will come into force in July.
Environment Minister Erik Grigorian said on Wednesday that about one-third of his ministry’s employees will be laid off next year.
Opposition leaders on Tuesday dismissed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s harsh criticism of Armenian government and law-enforcement agencies, calling it an attempt to mask his failed policies.
After a heated debate, the Armenian parliament passed on Tuesday a controversial government bill giving most Constitutional Court judges financial incentives to resign before the end of their mandate.
A controversial Armenian provincial governor on Wednesday strongly denied allegations that he ordered an assault on a hairdresser who refused to serve him at very short notice earlier this month.
In an attempt to speed up the process of changing the composition of the Constitutional Court the Armenian government on Thursday endorsed a draft law envisaging incentives for members of the highest judicial body in case of their early retirement.
Young members of an Armenian opposition party continue to demand the resignation of the country’s minister of education, science, culture and sports over a proposed reform that they claim will jeopardize “national values.”
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, Dashnaktsutyun) has responded to a key minister in the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian by continuing to challenge him over a controversial education reform that the traditionalist party believes compromises national values.
Opposition Prosperous Armenia Party leader Gagik Tsarukian complained about conditions for investments in Armenia as he inaugurated a new ceramic cookware factory on Thursday.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Monday claimed to be successfully carrying out an “economic revolution” in Armenia promised by him and downplayed relatively modest GDP growth forecast by his government for next year.
A court in Yerevan allowed investigators on Thursday to hold a former parliament staffer in detention on coup charges which his lawyers said are aimed at stepping up government pressure on Hrayr Tovmasian, the embattled chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional Court.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian denied through a spokesman on Monday opposition claims that he ordered criminal proceedings against the chairman of Armenia’s Constitutional Court, Hrayr Tovmasian, in a bid to force the latter to resign.
Members of the Constitutional Court on Monday rejected lawmakers’ calls for the dismissal of its chairman, Hrayr Tovmasian, who is increasingly at loggerheads with Armenia’s political leadership.
A senior pro-government parliamentarian refused to apologize on Thursday for his offensive comments about former Justice Minister Arpine Hovannisian’s parents which have caused a storm of condemnation from Armenian opposition politicians and public figures.
Gagik Tsarukian said on Wednesday that his opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) will not join the ruling My Step bloc in trying to oust the embattled chairman of the country’s Constitutional Court, Hrayr Tovmasian.
Five former and current members of the former ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) were reelected village mayors in weekend local polls in which Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s Civil Contract party fielded no candidates.
The pro-government majority in Armenia’s parliament will urge the Constitutional Court to replace its chairman, Hrayr Tovmasian, accusing him of mishandling judicial proceedings in the criminal case against former President Robert Kocharian.
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