YEREVAN (ARF-D Press Office, March 14, 2011) – On March 10, Mr Vahan Hovhannesyan, ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau member and leader of the ARF-D parliamentary faction, received an invitation to participate in the Wilton Park Conference on “Turkey’s policies for engagement in the contemporary world.” The March 24-27 conference, Wilton Park’s third in Turkey, will take place…
Statement by the National Assembly’s ARF-Dashnaktsutyun faction: “The NA ARF faction expresses its indignation about the clash that took place in front of the government building on the morning of March 3. “The police used force and impeded citizens’ peaceful demonstration aimed at protecting their rights. “Citizens were injured and MPs with immunity were assaulted.…
YEREVAN—Citing the unilateral selection process, as well as his qualifications, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary bloc today voted against the selection of the ruling coalition candidate Karen Andreasyan as Armenia’s new human rights ombudsman. This resulted in a series of questions by the ARF-D parliamentary faction, who called into question Andreasyan’s qualifications and his commitment…
In studying the 2011 program of action of the Armenian State Commission for Protection of Economic Competition, one can see high market concentration, particularly 100% concentration in the sugar market. However, the Armenian Constitution and laws prohibit monopolies, Artsvik Minasyan, a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) faction, stated in Parliament. The aforesaid proves…
On Friday, 18 February 2011, the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun launched the “Public movement for the defense of electoral right” at a gathering in Yerevan. Speaking at the event were Armen Rustamyan, chairman of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Supreme Council of Armenia, Vahan Hovhannesyan, ARF-Dashnaktsutyun Bureau member and leader of the ARF-D parliamentary faction, as well as representatives of several…
Member of the parliamentary faction of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun, economist Ara Nranyan said at a press conference Wednesday that the economic polices implemented by the Government of Armenia in recent months not only do not suppress inflation and crisis, but rather by themselves “create crisis and inflation.” “The government raises the value of money,…
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin discussed the political situation in Armenia with leaders of the political parties represented in parliament during a visit to Yerevan this week. The Deputy Foreign Minister met with members of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary faction. The sidies discussed the settlement of the Mountainous (Nagorno) Karabakh conflict and Armenian-Russian relations. Touching…
The National Assembly approved on Thursday a government-backed bill increasing from five to six days the length of a regular workweek for a large part of Armenia’s population. Corresponding amendments to the country’s Labor Code were passed in the first reading despite strong objections voiced by the parliament’s opposition minority. The amendments will enable employers…
YEREVAN—The Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun on Today called for a broad and concerted movement to define and defend “Voters’ Rights” in Armenia. The movement was outlined by the ARF’s Supreme Council of Armenia chairman Armen Rustamyan at a press conference in Yerevan. “The defense of all political and civic rights begins with the defense of voters’…
YEREVAN (ARF Press Office)—Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary faction leader and ARF-D Bureau member Vahan Hovhannesyan, during the meeting of the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the EU “Eastern Partnership” (Euronest) on January 25 and 26 presented his proposal for the advancement of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership initiative. The Euronest Parliamentary Assembly is the…
