Leadership

ARF acting ministers and governors submit resignation applications

YEREVAN, APRIL 26, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) told ARMENPRESS that acting minister of territorial administration and development Davit Lokyan, acting minister of education and science Levon Mkrtchyan, acting minister of nature protection Artsvik Minasyan, as well as Governors of Shirak and Aragatsotn provinces Artur Khachatryan and Ashot Simonyan have submitted their resignation applications.…

ARF Pulls Out of Ruling Coalition; Highlights the Need for Snap Parliamentary Elections

YEREVAN (A.W.)—Moments ago, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) of Armenia announced that the party has pulled out of the ruling coalition with the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). Below is the Armenian Weekly’s English translation of the ARF’s statement. *** A tense situation has emerged in Armenia—one that has been going on for a few days…

ARF Armenia: Civic Activism Is the Most Important Guarantee of the Country’s Development and Democracy

YEREVAN (A.W.)—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Supreme Council of Armenia issued the following statement on April 19, as protests, demonstrations, and various acts of civil disobedience against former President Serge Sarkisian’s election as Armenia’s Prime Minister continue to rage for a seventh straight day in Yerevan. Below is the translated version of the statement—originally written…

ARF Armenia: Civic Activism Is the Most Important Guarantee of the Country’s Development and Democracy

YEREVAN (A.W.)—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Supreme Council of Armenia issued the following statement on April 19, as protests, demonstrations, and various acts of civil disobedience against former President Serge Sarkisian’s election as Armenia’s Prime Minister continue to rage for a seventh straight day in Yerevan. Below is the translated version of the statement—originally written…

Armenian President issues statement hailing ARF’s call to establish platform for political consultations

ARMENPRESS – President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian has issued a statement on the recent days’ developments in Armenia, noting that he hails the proposal of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) to establish a platform for political consultations under the auspices of the President of Armenia to find solutions to the existing problems. As ARMENPRESS was…

Armenia ARF Elects New Supreme Council

YEREVAN—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation of Armenia held its21st Supreme Assembly over the weekend in Aghveran in the Kotayk district of Armenia. After hearing the biennial report from the ARF Supreme Council of Armenia, and assessing the realm of activities of for the ARF Armenia region, the Assembly elected a new Supreme Council comprised of the…

ARF-D, RPA Enter Political Coalition

(armenianweekly.com) YEREVAN—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) and the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) signed a memorandum on the formation of a political coalition on May 11. The memorandum was signed by ARF-D Supreme Council representative Aghvan Vardanyan and RPA Deputy Chair Armen Ashotyan. “There are three core values set out as the basis of our…

ARF-D Endorses Its Working Partner, the Republican Party of Armenia in Yerevan City Council Elections

YEREVAN — On May 5, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) Yerevan committee published the following statement regarding the upcoming Yerevan City Council Elections on May 14. The ARF-D Yerevan committee will be endorsing its working partner, the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), in the upcoming Yerevan City Council Elections. This decision was made based on…

ARF-D Bureau Representative Hrant Markarian Outlines Three National Priorities

Armenia’s Development, Artsakh, and Foreign Influence Addressed in Year-End Message (Armenian Weekly) — In his year-end message to party members, Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) Bureau representative Hrant Markarian outlined the ARF-D’s three national priorities for the upcoming year: Armenia’s development, a just resolution to the Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh/NKR) conflict, and the removal of foreign influence in…

There is a way out

Declaration of the A.R.F.-Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Body of Armenia It is the sixth day that the citizens of Armenia and the Armenian people are facing a new temptation. A group of people, who do not accept the methods and means of political struggle, are demanding political changes by taking up arms. There is a deadlock situation;…