Two opposition deputies set off smoke flares during a session of Armenia’s parliament on Wednesday in a bid to attract public attention to their Civil Contract party’s upcoming demonstrations against Serzh Sarkisian’s continued rule.
Journalists will not be allowed to attend the inauguration on Monday’s of Armenia’s new president, Armen Sarkissian, a senior official said on Friday.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and its junior coalition partner, Dashnaktsutyun, said on Monday that they are not worried about opposition plans to stage street demonstrations against President Serzh Sarkisian’s apparent plans to extend his rule.
The Armenian authorities have not arrested or imprisoned anyone for political reasons, Justice Minister Davit Harutiunian said on Thursday.
Armenian opposition forces on Tuesday pledged to stage street protests in a bid to scuttle President Serzh Sarkisian’s apparent plans to stay in power after completing his second and final presidential term on April 9.
The three opposition parties making up the Yelk alliance failed on Monday to iron out their differences over how to jointly try to prevent President Serzh Sarkisian from extending his rule.
An opposition lawmaker has claimed that a new government-proposed legislative amendment limiting the ability of educational and medical workers to campaign for a candidate during elections still leaves room for foul play.
There are no grounds for instructing the investigation body to interrogate former Armenian president Robert Kocharian in connection with the 2008 post-election violence, the Prosecutor-General’s Office told RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am) on Tuesday.
The office of Armenia’s former president Robert Kocharian considers opposition leader Nikol Pashinian to be the main “provocateur and organizer” of the 2008 post-election unrest, its head Viktor Soghomonian said in comments on Monday.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) does not fear that some of its lawmakers may break ranks, its spokesperson said ahead of next month’s parliamentary vote on the next prime minister that is going to be held through an open ballot system.
Armenia considers credible the statement by President-elect Armen Sarkissian that he renounced his British citizenship in 2011 and needs no confirmation of this from the United Kingdom, a senior official implied on Wednesday.
The Republican Party of Armenia will have a week after outgoing President Serzh Sarkisian’s powers end on April 9 to decide on the candidacy for prime minister, from then on the top policymaking position in the country under a revised constitution, the ruling party’s spokesperson told RFE/RL’s Armenian service (Azatutyun.am) on Monday.
The Armenian parliament voted on Friday to elect Armen Sarkissian, a former prime minister who has long resided in Britain, Armenia’s new and largely ceremonial president.
Armen Sarkissian, a former prime minister nominated by the ruling Republican Party (HHK) for president, lamented social divisions, inequality and corruption in Armenia as he addressed the parliament on Thursday.
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.
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