Leaders of the two opposition parties represented in Armenia’s parliament accused on Monday a top representative of the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) of blatant pro-government bias after meeting him to discuss the political situation in the country. Senior parliamentarians from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun and the Heritage (Zharangutyun) party said that John Prescott,…
Today, the Parliamentary Factions of the Heritage (Zharangutyun) and Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun parties took a joint initiative and circulated a proposition-package on amending the ‘Electoral Code’, the ‘National Assembly Regulations’, ‘The Law on the Constitutional Court’ aiming to pass from the current mixed election system to a 100% proportional system. The proposition is supported and…
Armenia’s leading opposition groups voiced skepticism on Wednesday over the formation of a new anti-corruption state body charged with verifying income declarations of senior state officials. The state Commission on the Ethics of High-Ranking Officials consists of five members appointed by President Serzh Sargsyan upon the recommendation of Armenia’s prime minister, parliament speaker, prosecutor-general and…
ARF-D Parliamentary Faction’s Secretary Artashes Shahbazyan stated in Hayots Ashkarh Daily that the most important domestic event to occur in 2012 is the parliamentary elections that will define the political, economical and social life for the coming years. It is higly important to conduct the elections in compliance with the democratic criteria in order for…
The two opposition parties represented in the National Assembly said on Monday that they will force a parliament debate on a voting reform which they believe would increase chances for the proper conduct of this year’s Armenian parliamentary elections. In a joint statement issued late last month, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun and the Heritage (Zharangutyun)…
Youth Parliament’s ARF-D Faction invited fellow factions and youth organizations at AYF ”Aram Manoukian” premises to celebrate ARF-D’s 121st anniversary. In his welcoming speech the Head of the Youth Parliament’s ARF-D Faction Vahan Vardanyan mentioned that the Party’s accomplishments belong to all Armenians. Vardanyan also said that the ARF-D youth is ready to struggle with…
The two opposition parties in the National Assembly of Armenia, the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun and the Heritage Party in line with their collaboration on initiating radical amendments into the electoral law issued a communiqué today proposing the abolition of elections held in single-seat constituencies and the adoption of a 100% proportional representation system, a measure which they…
ARF-D Member of Parliament Ara Nranyan referring to the government’s export industry plan stated that the Party’s strategic plan on encouraging exports has been introduced in 2005 covering a wide range of public policy starting from the engagement of diplomatic missions until the improvement of tax and budget policies as well as the state administration’s…
During a press conference with his ARP colleague Hovhannes Sahakyan, ARF –D Member of Parliament Artsvik Minasyan summarizing this past year said to the Press that while it kicked off with the President’s active presence and some recommendations that were to deliver positive results unfortunately those were never realized. “There are 1.200.000 poor people in…
During a press conference, Head of ARF-D Parliamentary Faction and Bureau member Vahan Hovhannesyan referred to the growing rate of poverty in Armenia and said that under these extreme circumstances, counting achievements is not possible. In reply to a question about recent changes of state-figures he also said that people are keep getting poorer irrelevant…
