According to Hetq.am’s article titled “Cyprus Troika: Who ‘Stripped’ Businessman Paylak Hayrapetyan of His Assets?” one of the shareholders of an off-shore company called WLISPERA HOLDINGS LTD, is Armenia’s Prime minister, Tigran Sargsyan (the other two being the Primate of the Ararat Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop Navasard Kjoyan and entrepreneur Ashot Sukiasyan). Following…
On Tuesday, June 4, the parliamentary faction of ARF-D introduced a legislative initiative offering to set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the reasons for the privatization of the Nairit rubber plant, news.am reports. The committee will also study the reasons for failure to comply with loan commitments. The letter has been sent to…
By Maria Titizian (asbarez.com, May 28, 2013) – After centuries of being stateless, the First Republic of Armenia, 1918-1920 was founded thanks to the perseverance, valor and heroism of the Armenian people and their leaders. These lands that we are blessed to walk upon are laden with the blood of those martyrs who fought courageous…
ARF-D Member of Parliament, Artsvik Minasyan commenting on the action plan that the government presented, said that it looks like a declaration rather than an action plan, and that it is foggy and vague, not containing any concrete steps, panorama.am reports. “This action plan doesn’t reveal the challenges that Armenia faces today” Minasyan stated. In…
ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia Vice Chairman, Arsen Hambartzumyan estimates that election fraud took place outside the polling station, aravot.am reports. This is why, ARF-D didn’t ask for recounting of the votes in any polling station, contrary to what the Armenian National Congress (HAK) and “Hello Yerevan” coalition (Barev Yerevan) demanded. Hambartzumyan said that the…
The ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia issued a statement Monday saying that it participated in the elections in order to change the moral climate of the country and to inspire the citizens to have hope and confidence in the future. However, the ARF-D added, the ruling regime, once again used infinite state resources and bribes…
Two concrete statements must be made in order for the oppositional forces to unite said ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia Chairman and Head of the party’s candidate list for the Yerevan municipal election, Armen Rustamyan, news.am reports. The first one must rule out any unification with the regime after the election takes place. Moreover, the…
ARF-D announced that it will launch a “Hotline” on May 5, the day the Yerevan municipal election will take place. “Fellow citizens of Yerevan, if you want to form the authorities of Yerevan with your fair and free election then stand up for your vote. Various vote rigging mechanisms have already been activated. Please inform…
Yerevan has the potential of becoming a true capital city for the Armenians worldwide, a place where all Diasporan Armenians will be able to invest, open businesses, a place that can be the best city in South Caucasus, and why not, in the Middle East said ARF-D Bureau member, Davit Lokyan during a meeting with…
Today, the entire structure of education is under the hands of the ruling regime said ARF-D candidate for the Yerevan municipal election, Artak Aghbalyan, during a debate at Media center. “During elections period, the educational structure changes into a political one” he argued and stated that one of ARF-D’s first goals will be to depoliticize…
