Press Release On March 4, 2013 a meeting between a delegation of the Armenian Community of Georgia Executive Body and the “Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia” ruling coalition’s political secretary Sozar Subari, took place. Member of the Georgian Parliament, Ruslan Poghosian and party’s representatives were also attending the meeting. The main purpose of the meeting was to…
Representatives from all the parliamentary parties held a meeting today with Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan in order to assess the post-election developments. The Head of ARF-D Parliamentary Faction, Armen Rustamyan stated to yerkir.am “Our proposition to convene an extraordinary session was discussed but for now negotiations are essentially deadlocked. In the first place, the ruling power…
On March 3, former presidential candidate and Heritage party leader, Raffi Hovhannesyan accompanied by the Campaign manager and Head of the party’s parliamentary faction, Ruben Hakobyan held a meeting with ARF-D Bureau Chairman, Hrant Margaryan and Armenia’s Supreme Council Chairman, Armen Rustamyan. The interlocutors discussed about issues connected to the present political crisis as well…
According to yerkir.am (February 28) the Heads of “Heritage “ and ARF-D Parliamentary Factions, Ruben Hakobyan and Armen Rustamyan have presented a draft bill to the Parliament’s Speaker. The two factions propose that a post-election evaluation take place in the next extraordinary session of the Plenary. Three demands are included in the document: holding extra…
(asbarez.com, February 27, Paris)—The Armenian National Committee of France has filed a lawsuit against the two Azeris who incited a brawl Tuesday at the French National Assembly during an event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Sumgait Pogroms. “We have filed two criminal complaints, the first initiated by a young French-Armenian, a victim of assault,…
Mass murders and pogroms of Armenians took place from 27 to 29 February, 1988 in Sumgait, a city located less than 30 kilometers away from the Azerbaijani capital Baku. For three days, upon the silent agreement of the authorities and complete inaction of the law enforcement agencies people were being murdered, raped and maimed for…
Conference on evaluation of democracy in Armenia and Lithuania On February 26, the Armenia-Lithuania Parliamentary Friendship Group hosted a conference titled “25 years of democracy in Armenia and Lithuania. A glance to a not far away past” in the Seimas (Lithuanian Parliament) building. Participating in the conference was ARF-D Parliamentary Faction member, Vahan Hovhannesyan, Mountainous…
Head of ARF-D Parliamentary Faction, Armen Rustamyan made the following announcement. As it was expected, the election process was badly conducted and the official results were predetermined. The main reason for this predetermination was the same as before: the abuse of the full extent of the state’s resources by the ruling power. Eye-poking expressions of…
ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia Chairman, Armen Rustamyan delivered the following speech on February 22, at Liberty Square to the thousands of Armenians that rallied to protest the vote rigging of the recent presidential election in Armenia. Dear people, I greet you on behalf of ARF-D. Your presence here is the beginning of a big…
On February 21, ARF-D Mountainous Karabakh (Artsakh) Central Committee Secretary Lernik Hovhannisyan and Head of the MK ARF-D Parliamentary Faction, Armen Sargsyan held a meeting with Support Initiative for Liberty and Democracy (SILBA) Chairman and counsel to the Parliament of the Kingdom of Denmark, Jens-Kristian Lütken, at the premises of ARF-D in MK. SILBA has…
