A self-styled scholar who ran in last month’s Armenian presidential election has been arrested and charged with organizing an apparent attempt on the life of another outsider candidate, Paruyr Hayrikian.
Opposition presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian met with Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian at the weekend to discuss the post-election situation in the country and the possibility of cooperation between the two political heavyweights.
Hundreds of opposition supporters laid flowers at a square in downtown Yerevan on Friday to mark the fifth anniversary of a bloody post-election unrest that left ten people dead and more than 100 others injured.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian on Friday distanced himself from negotiations held by representatives of his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party and the pro-government majority in the Armenian parliament in an attempt to defuse post-election tensions in the country.
Opposition presidential candidate Raffi Hovannisian condemned the United States and the European Union for recognizing President Serzh Sarkisian’s disputed reelection as he continued his post-election protests in Armenia’s southern regions on Tuesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian was formally declared the winner of Armenia’s February 18 presidential election on Monday amid continuing opposition protests against the official vote results. (UPDATED)
President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) cancelled a planned rally in downtown Yerevan on Thursday, citing the need not to heighten political tension in the country following Monday’s presidential election.
Raffi Hovannisian, the main opposition candidate in the Armenian presidential election, rallied thousands of supporters in Yerevan on Wednesday to again reject the official vote results as fraudulent and demand President Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation.
Armenians went to the polls on Monday in a presidential election which was widely expected to give President Serzh Sarkisian a second five-year term in office. (UPDATED)
Campaigning in Armenia’s presidential election officially drew to a close on Saturday, with President Serzh Sarkisian again lavishing praise on his main challengers just one day after accusing them of irresponsible populism.
President Serzh Sarkisian lashed out at his election challengers on Friday, accusing them of deceiving the electorate with populist promises and seeking to take Armenia backwards.
President Serzh Sarkisian on Thursday spoke of many mistakes committed by him but said Armenians should nevertheless vote for his reelection if they want justice and prosperity in their country.
President Serzh Sarkisian rounded on one of his main election challengers, Raffi Hovannisian, on Monday for depicting Armenia’s presidential election as a crucial battle between “good and evil.”
President Serzh Sarkisian heaped praise on his three main challengers on Tuesday as he took his reelection campaign back to Yerevan.
Paruyr Hayrikian, a presidential candidate who was shot and wounded by unknown assailants last week, said on Monday that he has still not decided whether to seek a two-week postponement of Armenia’s February 18 presidential election.
President Serzh Sarkisian cancelled a rally in Yerevan and decided not to air any campaign aids on Friday following an apparent attempt on the life of one of his election challengers.
Opposition presidential candidate Paruyr Hayrikian underwent what doctors described as successful surgery on Friday morning almost 12 hours after being shot and wounded in central Yerevan.
A town mayor affiliated with the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and related to its leader Gagik Tsarukian was conspicuously present at an election campaign rally that was held by President Serzh Sarkisian in the central Kotayk province on Thursday.
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader Gagik Tsarukian decided not to run for president in order to avert another violent post-election unrest in the country, one of his top allies said on Thursday.
Gyumri Mayor Samvel Balasanian has publicly backed President Serzh Sarkisian’s reelection bid despite the decision by his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) not to nominate or endorse any presidential candidates.
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