“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…
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Armenia, Democracy & Human Rights, In Politics, News, Presidential Elections 2013
ARF-D Faction Won’t Participate In Sargsyan’s Presidential Inauguration
(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…
Armenia, In Politics, Municipal Elections 2013, News
ARF-D Yerevan Municipal Election Platform
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…
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ARF-D Supreme Council On The Murder Of Hrach Muradyan
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…
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Moving Forward in Stages: An Interview With ARF’s Armen Rustamyan
(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…
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Vardanyan To Republican Party: “Be Reasonable”
(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…
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Rustamyan: “We Will Try To Form A Post-election Alliance”
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…
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Vardanyan On Yerevan Municipal And Presidential Elections
On March 26, ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia, Vice Chairman Aghvan Vardanyan gave a press conference at Post Scriptum press club. Vardanyan said that these are political elections by the law that provisions a race to be conducted between the political parties but by their nature as well, no matter how much the ruling regime…
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“Yerevan, Change Armenia”
“Changes will begin from the country’s capital city, Yerevan and expand throughout Armenia” said ARF-D Parliamentary Faction Secretary, Aghvan Vardanyan, to media representatives at the Parliament, on March 23 and revealed that based on that conviction the party’s election logo will be “Yerevan, change Armenia”, tert.am reports. “We must be aware that this is not…
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ARF-D Submits Yerevan Municipal Election Candidate List
On March 21, ARF-D submitted to the Central Electoral Commission its list of candidates for the May 5, Yerevan municipal election. The 65-member list is headed by ARF-D Parliamentary Faction leader and Supreme Council of Armenia Chairman, Armen Rustamyan, followed by the Parliamentary Faction’s Secretary and SC of Armenia, Vice Chairman, Aghvan Rustamyan and by…
