On March 22 and 23, lawmakers at the National Assembly held heated first-reading discussions over the ruling coalition-proposed amendments to the Electoral Code of Armenia and the alternative draft submitted by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun. Today, with 70 votes in favour, 1 against and 1 abstention, the National Assembly adopted the package of amendments proposed…
Legislative initiatives According to the Parliament Monitoring website, during the autumn session of the Armenian parliament, the author of most of the sixty proposals was the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun faction. 42 of these proposals had been drafted as bills, of which nine have been adopted as laws, one has been refused. Of the 32 remaining bills, the…
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.…
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…
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 – A boycott by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun of an extraordinary year-end session of parliament has caused the government to postpone part of an extensive legislative package designed to push more than a hundred bills through parliament in a matter of days. The boycott led to the removal from the agenda of 24 out…
On October 25, the National Assembly adopted the government proposed changes to the “Law on Temporary Unemployment Benefit” into law after third reading. The ARF-Dashnaktsutyun faction voted against the changes. Currently the changes have been sent to the President to be signed into law and enacted. Now, an open letter, expressing more than ten NGOs’…
By KARINE IONESYAN ArmeniaNow reporter A representative of the Armenian National Assembly’s majority party believes a legal amendment ensuring women’s greater involvement in leadership positions would be effective in dealing with gender discrimination issues. Still, some remain skeptical about this approach, calling it a sort of discrimination in itself to single out a woman’s factor…
In an interview with the daily Aravot, ARF-D parliamentarian Lilit Galstyan said, “Sadly, the political elite, who today occupy themselves with ruling, by virtue of their philosophy and value system are not capable of realizing reforms and modernizing our country. We live in an archaic and criminalized system. Every second dozens of laws are violated…
