The opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) challenged the legitimacy of Sunday’s parliamentary elections on Tuesday, saying that its outcome was essentially decided by “unprecedented” vote buying.
The Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Monday insisted that it has received a popular mandate to continue governing the country for five more years and faulted its rivals for not rushing to recognize its electoral triumph.
Voting began on Sunday in Armenia’s parliamentary elections that pose the most serious test yet of President Serzh Sarkisian’s four-year rule and his administration’s declared commitment to democratic reform. (UPDATED)
At least 144 people were hospitalized with burns after mass explosions of campaign balloons during a pre-election concert and rally held in Yerevan’s main square by President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) late on Friday. (UPDATED)
President Serzh Sarkisian on Wednesday urged residents of the central Kotayk province to vote for his coalition partner Gagik Tsarukian who is running for reelection to parliament in a local single-mandate constituency.
President Serzh Sarkisian on Monday again pledged to spare no effort to make the upcoming parliamentary elections the most democratic in Armenia’s history, saying that the Armenian government needs to enjoy sufficient legitimacy.
A member of Armenia’s governing coalition and two leading opposition forces said on Friday that they will appeal to the Constitutional Court to strike down a legal provision they believe enables the authorities to rig the upcoming parliamentary elections.
President Serzh Sarkisian insisted on Monday that he and his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) have been working hard to create a “new and truly positive” political climate in the country.
Armenia will step up efforts to achieve greater international recognition of the 1915 Armenian massacres in Ottoman Turkey as genocide as it prepares to mark their 100th anniversary, President Serzh Sarkisian said on Thursday.
Three leading political forces that have pledged to jointly fight for the fairness of next month’s parliamentary elections are ultimately interested in changing Armenia’s current government, a leader of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Wednesday.
Another activist of the main opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) claimed on Tuesday to have been attacked by government loyalists while campaigning in a Yerevan district notorious for election-related violence and fraud.
Three opposition activists running for parliament were reportedly assaulted by government loyalists on Sunday as they campaigned in a Yerevan constituency that has long been controlled by a millionaire businessman backed by the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK).
President Serzh Sarkisian pledged to increase the tax burden on the rich and crack down on dishonest business competition on Thursday as he continued to campaign for his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK).
Gyumri Mayor Vartan Ghukasian predicted on Wednesday that the ruling Republican Party (HHK) will win parliamentary elections in Armenia’s second largest city and surrounding Shirak province because of large-scale housing construction in the area ravaged by a 1988 earthquake.
President Serzh Sarkisian pledged to strengthen the rule of law and create thousands of new jobs as he launched the parliamentary election campaign of his Republican Party (HHK) with rallies held in Yerevan’s southern suburbs on Tuesday.
An independent election candidate has pulled out of the Armenian parliamentary race after being injured in a reported attack which his family blames on his main rival backed by President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK).
Armenia’s second most important governing party and three main opposition groups on Wednesday pledged to work together in trying to prevent possible vote rigging in next month’s parliamentary elections.
Police in Armenia’s second largest city of Gyumri officially launched criminal proceedings on Tuesday in connection with a violent clash between groups of men reportedly linked with the country’s two main governing parties.
The chief of the Armenian police, Vladimir Gasparian, chaired on Tuesday the first meeting of a special police task force charged with preventing fraud and other violations during the May 6 parliamentary elections.
The Armenian authorities denied on Monday opposition allegations that they have deliberately inflated the number of eligible voters to falsify the May 6 parliamentary elections.
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