President Serzh Sarkisian can become Armenia’s prime minister despite pledging in 2014 not to stay in power after completing his second presidential term, the ruling Republican Party (HHK) indicated on Wednesday.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian and his political alliance have thrown their weight behind the man nominated by President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party (HHK) for the post of Armenia’s president.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) on Friday formally endorsed President Serzh Sarkisian’s pick for the next head of state who will be chosen by the parliament and have largely ceremonial powers.
Former Prosecutor-General Gevorg Kostanian insisted on Thursday that the Armenian authorities have not deliberately avoided prosecuting anyone in connection with the deaths of ten people during the violent dispersal of 2008 post-election protests in Yerevan.
A key committee of the Armenian parliament on Wednesday rejected an opposition-drafted resolution condemning the use of lethal force against opposition protesters in Yerevan in the wake of a disputed presidential election held in 2008.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities have formally launched a criminal investigation into last week’s violent clash between opposition and pro-government members of Yerevan’s municipal council.
Armen Sarkissian, the presidential candidate nominated by the ruling Republican Party (HHK), called on Armenia’s leading political and other groups on Thursday to embark on a “dialogue” which he said he is needed for healing serious divisions in the country.
Armen Sarkissian, the man widely expected to become Armenia’s next president in April, acknowledged on Wednesday that many citizens are skeptical about his ability to achieve positive change in the country.
President Serzh Sarkisian’s preferred successor insisted on Monday that Armenia’s next president will have broad powers despite the country’s impending transition to a parliamentary system of government.
Former Prime Minister Armen Sarkissian insisted on Friday that he is eligible to become Armenia’s next president despite being a former British citizen.
The opposition Yelk alliance reiterated on Thursday that its parliament deputies will not vote for President Serzh Sarkisian’s pick for the next head of state despite agreeing to meet him.
One of Armenia’s main fuel importers sought to justify on Wednesday a continuing rise in petrol and diesel prices in the country, citing the increased cost of oil and higher taxes introduced by the Armenian government.
The outgoing President Serzh Sarkisian’s preferred successor met lawmakers representing the ruling Republican Party (HHK) on Monday at the start of political consultations which he has said will help him decide whether to become Armenia’s next president.
Lawmakers representing the opposition Yelk alliance said on Monday that they will vote against former Prime Minister Armen Sarkissian if he agrees to run for president as a candidate of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK).
The ruling Republican Party (HHK) on Thursday pointedly declined to deny reports that Armen Sarkissian, a former Armenian prime minister who has lived in Britain for nearly three decades, will become Armenia’s next president.
Defense Minister Vigen Sargsian has provoked a storm of criticism for launching a fundraising campaign for the medical treatment abroad of an Armenian soldier seriously wounded during his military service.
The Armenian police strongly denied being too soft on reckless drivers of expensive cars on Wednesday following an overnight accident in Yerevan that left two traffic police officers dead.
An Armenian law-enforcement agency said on Friday that it is still investigating reports that four arrested members of an armed opposition group were beaten up during their ongoing trial in Yerevan.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Wednesday urged media to respect “the presumption of innocence” of a Russian businessman of Armenian descent blacklisted by the United States for his alleged ties to an organized-crime syndicate.
An Armenian parliament deputy denied reports that he brawled with a fellow lawmaker from businessman Gagik Tsarukian’s political alliance during a session of the National Assembly on Wednesday.
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