The overwhelming majority of the voters is that segment of the population which is more independent and less succumbing to pressure, told ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia Vice Chairman, Aghvan Vardanyan to news.am in reply to a remark about the party’s voters being mostly from outside the capital. In Vardanyan’s opinion vote rigging and administrative…
In reply to a question during Armnews TV “Banadzev” program about whether it is necessary to have a bourgeois-democratic revolution in Armenia today, ARF-D Parliamentary Faction member, Artsvik Minasyan stated that he doubts that any kind of a revolution will be taking place anytime soon in Armenia and that ARF-D is for positive, forward-moving changes…
During the regular meeting with the press, the Head of ARF-D Parliamentary Faction, Armen Rustamyan said that on April 9, there was only one inauguration, referring to Sargsyan being sworn-in as President and to which ARF-D didn’t attend. Rustamyan also said that the rally that took place the same day on Liberty Square evolved in…
“In a couple of days we will launch our open meetings round with the public” said ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia Vice Chairman, Arsen Hambartzumyan who is third in the party’s list of candidates for the May 5 Yerevan municipal elections, yerkirmedia.am reports. “These are not a single-person elections” Hambartzumyan added and stated that besides…
(armenianweekly.com) – In a statement issued on April 8, the parliamentary bloc of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) announced that it would not participate in the parliamentary session dedicated to President Sargsyan’s inauguration. In its statement, the parliamentary bloc noted that the presidential regimes that have concentrated power in their hands have undermined the statehood and…
Fellow citizens of Yerevan, The May 5 Yerevan municipal elections will determine not only the capital’s prospect of development, but that of the entire Armenia, as well. It is time for decisive and radical changes in our country. It is time for Yerevan. This election is a unique referendum about trusting the ruling regime. It…
On April 2, Hrach Muradyan, mayor of the village of Proshyan, was found dead, killed by a shot to the head. Muradyan was a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF-D), a freedom fighter of the Artsakh movement, and was serving his third term as mayor of Proshyan, a village in the Kotayk province. Muradyan…
(armenianweekly.com, 31 March 2013)—The Armenian Weekly’s correspondent in Yerevan sat down on March 28 with ARF Supreme Council representative Armen Rustamyan, to talk about developments in the aftermath of Armenia’s presidential election and the ARF’s outlook on the eve of Yerevan’s municipal vote. Rustamyan heads the ARF’s electoral list in the upcoming city elections, scheduled…
(a1plus.am, 29 March 2013) – Dashnakstutyun calls on the HHK to be reasonable The Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) has offered the other factions in the National Assembly to unite and demonstrate tolerance in order to participate in the NA special session. “We got acquainted with the offer and expressed our viewpoint. It is not…
Below is the text of the interview ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia Chairman, Armen Rustamyan gave to RFE/RL’s Armenian Service (Azatutyun.am). (azatutyun.am, 27/3/2013) – A senior member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) has confirmed ongoing talks with other opposition and non-government parties around the possibility of forming a coalition after the May municipal elections…
