Gagik Tsarukian will top the election list of his political party in snap general elections expected in December, the wealthy Armenian businessman and lawmaker said on Monday.
The largest parliamentary party on Monday again effectively blocked the passage of a raft of major amendments to the Electoral Code drafted by his government for snap general elections expected in December.
Former President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) gave more indications on Friday that it will participate in early parliamentary elections expected in December.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities are poised to arrest and prosecute a parliament deputy on corruption charges, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian announced on Wednesday.
A senior lawmaker representing Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) claimed on Wednesday that the former Armenian president “respects” his unexpected decision to voice support for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian made clear on Wednesday that his Civil Contract party will not form an alliance with any other political group ahead of Armenia’s forthcoming parliamentary elections.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) said on Friday that it has already started preparations for snap parliamentary elections expected in December.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has met with leaders of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) less than two weeks after scrapping a de facto power-sharing deal with the party reached in May.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian met with parliamentary leaders of former President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Wednesday one day after it effectively pledged not to derail his plans to force snap general elections in December.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Monday that he has not yet decided when to step down and thus pave the way for snap parliamentary elections sought by him and his supporters.
The two largest factions in Armenia’s parliament on Wednesday denied reaching any agreements with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and said they oppose his efforts to force fresh parliamentary elections in December.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian met with a senior representative of the former ruling Republican Party (HHK) late on Monday to discuss his plans to force early parliamentary elections in Armenia.
Former President Serzh Sarkisian and senior members of his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) have discussed fresh parliamentary elections sought by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
The head of an Armenian parliamentary body said on Wednesday that it will try to question Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in its unfolding inquiry into recently leaked phone calls between two senior law-enforcement officials which caused a political scandal.
The weekend municipal elections in Yerevan were free and fair, a senior representative of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) acknowledged on Monday.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian on Monday recognized the official results of the weekend municipal elections in Yerevan which gave a landslide victory to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian’s bloc.
An ad hoc commission of the Armenian parliament officially began on Wednesday an inquiry into leaked phone calls between two high-ranking law-enforcement officials which have caused a political scandal in the country.
The political parties of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and his main coalition partner, businessman Gagik Tsarukian, have traded bitter accusations in the ongoing municipal election campaign in Yerevan.
The Armenian police have detained five bodyguards of wealthy businessman and lawmaker Samvel Aleksanian.
Armenia expects Russia to prevent Azerbaijan from starting another war for Nagorno-Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Friday.
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