(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,…

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(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…

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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,…

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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…

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(Azatutyun.am, November 30) – The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) and other major opposition force have made no progress so far towards the possible nomination of a joint candidate for the upcoming presidential election, a Dashnaktsutyun leader said on Friday. Armen Rustamian said his party has yet to drum up broad-based opposition support for support for…

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ARF-D concluded the round of meetings with the political parties where sides discussed about ARF-D’s seven-point platform. Evidently, meetings were held with all parliamentary parties except for the ruling Armenia’s Republican Party (HHK). “We are now examining the possibilities of reaching a common denominator. Not coming to an agreement on even a single point of…

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The meeting among ARF-D and Heritage (Zharangutyun) party representatives was added to the ARF-D-initiated series of consultations between the political parties of Armenia. The meeting took place on November 22, at Heritage party’s premises with the participation of Armen Rustamyan, Aghvan Vartanyan and Arsen Hambartsumyan from ARF-D and Heritage party’s Vice-Chairman, Armen Martirosyan and Hovsep…

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On November 21, representatives from ARF-D and Free Democrats Party, held a meeting at the latter’s premises. ARF-D Supreme Council Chairman, Armen Rustamyan and Vice-Chairman, Arsen Hambartsumyan discussed the party’s seven-point platform with Khachatur Kokobelyan, Alexander Arzumanyan and Anush Setrakyan of the “Free Democrats”. Commenting on the meeting, Hambartsumyan said that both sides estimated the…

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The almost two-hour long meeting between Armen Rustamyan, Aghvan Vardanyan from ARF-D and Levon Zurabyan, Aram Manukyan from Armenian National Congress (HAK) was hosted in the Parliament’s building, on November 19. Head of ARF-D Parliamentary Faction, Armen Rustamyan stated that the meeting touched upon ARF-D’s seven-point platform and that while on some points the parties’…

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