Sargis Harutyunyan, Ruzanna Stepanian RFE/RL Three leading political forces that have pledged to jointly fight for the fairness of next month’s parliamentary elections are ultimately interested in changing Armenia’s current government, a leader of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Wednesday. “The goal is not only election oversight but to ensure that elections…
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ARF-D Faction Meets With PACE Pre-electoral Delegation
Members of ARF-D Parliamentary Faction, Vahan Hovhannesyan, Artsvik Minasyan and Lilit Galstyan met with the PACE pre-electoral delegation, in the frame of the latter’s visit to Armenia. The ARF-D members expressed their concern over conducting fair and free elections. The possible use of administrative resources, the unequal conditions of the campaigning, the collecting of identification…
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www.arf2012.am
ARF-D has launched a new website (www.arf2012.am) dedicated to the 2012 parliamentary elections that will be held in Armenia, on May 6. This initiative is in the context of establishing new ways of communication with the people. Through the website, which is available only in Armenian, one can read the pre-electoral manifesto’s four axis; the…
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Thousands Attend ARF-D Election Rally in Yerevan
Thousands of Armenian voters turned out Wednesday, April 10 at Liberty Square for an election rally to kick off the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s parliamentary election campaign. The crowd joined “Vote Is Power” movement’s activists, AYF Armenia members and supporters who had marched earlier from Matenadaran to the square. Despite the rain, people of all ages…
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ARF-D Holds Pre-electoral Platform Presentation
On Monday, April 9, ARF-D held a presentation of its pre-electoral platform, at Erebuni Plaza Business Center. The opening remarks were given by ARF-D member Aghvan Vardanyan who expressed his belief that the party’s campaign will be victorious. “The pre-electoral campaign should be found on political platforms and objectives” he said. Bureau member Davit Lokyan,…
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Armenian Delegation Sums Up the Works of the Euronest PA Meeting Held in Baku
Members of the Armenian delegation who returned from Baku, Azerbaijan, and the 2nd plenary session of Euronest Parliamentary Assembly which was held in Baku on April 2-4, during a press briefing at the National Assembly, said the meeting was positive, despite the inflammatory rhetoric that grabbed headlines. The Head of the Armenian delegation and chairman…
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AYF Pan-Armenian Conference
On March 22-24, twenty-five representatives from 12 countries took part in the pan-armenian Youth and Student Association conference that was convened upon ARF Youth Office’s invitation, at AYF “Aram Manoukian” headquarters, in Yerevan. The conference’s opening ceremony took place at Yerablur Pantheon where, the Youth representatives laid wreaths out of respect for the men and…
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“The Legal Regime Of The State Of Emergency” Bill Approved
On March 21, the coalition government parties, which constitute the majority of the Armenian Parliament, amidst strongly expressed concerns by the opposition ARF-Dashnaktsutyun and Heritage, approved “The Legal Regime Of The State Of Emergency” draft bill’s amendments. According to the opposition, certain jurisdictions of the Parliament are being restrained by the amended bill and will…
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ARF-D Discusses Wide Range Of Issues With Japanese, British and EU Officials
On March 9, 2012 Ara Nranyan, Head of the Armenia-Japan friendship group and Lilit Galstyan, both members of the ARF-D Parliamentary Faction had a meeting with Minister Plenipotentiary Keydzi Idei who serves as Deputy Head of Japan’s foreign mission to the Russian Federation. The interlocutors discussed about the development perspectives of the Armenia-Japan bilateral relations…
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Galstyan: Armenia, Governed With An Eastern-clan Type Way Of Thinking
Ankakh.am quotes ARF-D Member of Parliament, Lilit Galstyan’s statement made on the context of March 7, International Women’s Day celebration; “We are living in man’s era and no matter how much democratic, compatible with the rule of law, socialist we say Armenia is, the state keeps being governed with an eastern-clan type, way of thinking,…
