by Nanore Barsoumian (www.armenianweekly.com, January 22, 2013) – “It’s been 10 years that I’ve been out of the country. Life is very hard in Armenia; there are no jobs over there,” Lilit1, 53, told the Armenian Weekly. “Women worked very long hours—we worked more than men—but were paid very little. One person would do three…
According to 1in. am, ARF Parliamentary Faction’s Secretary, Aghvan Vardanyan commenting on the upcoming elections said that ARF-D has also its share of problems. “We are aware that we have a serious problem. We have a good history, marvelous projects, a good team. But we have an issue; unfortunately we haven’t been able to show…
With 66 votes in favor, 28 against and 1 abstention the Parliament of Armenia approved in the first reading, the draft of the government on amending the procedure of the formation of the Committee on Ethics, yerkirmedia.am reports. Prior to the voting a session chaired by the Speaker of the Parliament, Hovik Abrahamyan took place…
Outnumbered by minority: ruling coalition moves to “restore” balance in Parliament’s Ethics Committee An initiative by pro-government members of the parliament to make changes in the law regulating the work of the Ethics Committee led to a lively debate on Monday as opposition lawmakers called this move an attempt by the majority groups to reconsider…
(arminfo.am, December 18) – Head of ARFD Parliamentary Faction: Presidential election in Armenia should lead to change of power, otherwise it will be senseless participating in it Presidential election in Armenia should lead to change of power, otherwise ARFD’s participation in it will be senseless, Armen Rustamyan, Head of the ARFD Parliamentary Faction, told media,…
Asked by journalists about why ARF-D was the only oppositional party to be invited to the Congress of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), ARF-D Parliamentary Faction Secretary, Aghvan Vardanyan advised them to pose that question to the Head of RPA Parliamentary Faction, Galust Sahakyan. “We are civilized people, we are a political force functioning…
(news.am) – Armenia’s political forces are not obligated to accelerate the publicizing of their platforms in the run-up to the presidential elections in February, opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party member Arsen Hambardzumyan said during the respective intra-party discussions. In his words, ARF is not impacted by foreign players when forming its political agenda. “We are an…
ARF-D Press Office issued a communiqué, stating that ARF-D Bureau Chairman Hrant Margaryan and Supreme Council Chairman Armen Rustamyan held a meeting with President Serj Sargsyan, in December 8. During the meeting that was long, the sides discussed about ARF-D’s seven-point platform, which aims at radically reforming and sanitizing the state-public and political spheres of…
In December 6, ARF-D hosted a conference titled “Under a united agenda for the presidential election” at Erebuni Plaza hotel in Yerevan and presented its seven-point platform to the audience. Parliamentary and off-parliamentary political forces and numerous civil society representatives attended the conference among them Tigran Ourikhanyan and Vahe Enfiadjyan from the Prosperous Armenia Party,…
In December 4, Head of ARF-D Parliamentary Faction, Armen Rustamyan made the following statement from the Parliament’s floor: Dear compatriots, As you know, ARF-D took the initiative of uniting society under the “with one agenda towards the presidential election” slogan. This initiative derives from our conviction that – first, is imperative to form and accept…
