Election officials in a Yerevan constituency on Wednesday decided to disqualify a prominent opposition member from contesting a parliament seat in Armenia’s May 6 vote citing his failure to meet the residence requirement.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian has announced his withdrawal from one of the forthcoming parliamentary election races in which he would be running against another oppositionist.
Three more political parties seen as major contenders in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections have unveiled their lists of candidates including well-known individuals that were not affiliated with them until recently.
President Serzh Sarkisian’s Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) reaffirmed on Tuesday its intention to win the upcoming parliamentary elections by a landslide and retain control over the parliament.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) released on Sunday the list of its parliamentary election candidates which is topped by President Serzh Sarkisian and comprises senior party figures, government officials and even former opposition politicians.
Dozens of government-linked businessmen will run in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections as candidates of the ruling Republican Party (HHK) despite government pledges to significantly limit their presence in the next National Assembly.
Armenia has overcome the 2008 post-election crisis and become a more democratic country during President Serzh Sarkisian’s rule, his Republican Party (HHK) insisted on Tuesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian effectively kicked off the parliamentary election campaign of his Republican Party (HHK) at the weekend with a pledge to radically “transform” Armenia’s political and socioeconomic systems.
Former parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian has formally taken over as election campaign manager of President Serzh Sarkisian’s ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK).
Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian has spearheaded work on the electoral manifesto of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) that will be unveiled soon, a senior HHK figure revealed on Wednesday.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) said on Thursday that it “regrets” the decision by France’s highest court to declare unconstitutional a French bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian genocide.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) hopes to recruit thousands of volunteers who would help it fight against possible fraud in the May 6 parliamentary elections, a leader of the opposition party said on Monday.
The Armenian government will add more safeguards against the possible use of armed forces against political dissent to its controversial draft law on emergency rule, Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasian said on Thursday.
Alik Sargsian, the former chief of the Armenian police, on Tuesday flatly denied that he was instrumental in the arrest and prosecution of one of his former high-ranking subordinates.
Security forces should avoid using force against peaceful protesters and resort to firearms only in case of extremely violent riots, according to new rules for crowd control adopted by Armenian police.
Hovannes Tamamian, a controversial Armenian police general arrested last year, went on trial along with two other police officers on Thursday, accused of covering up a murder and a failed murder attempt.
Facing an uproar from Armenia’s leading press freedom groups and independent media outlets, law-enforcement authorities released on Monday a prominent journalist who was arrested on controversial charges on Friday.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian said on Friday that his Zharangutyun (Heritage) party is “inclined” to join forces with other opposition groups in Armenia’s unfolding parliamentary race.
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian and his Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) will support President Serzh Sarkisian in next year’s presidential election, a senior BHK lawmaker predicted on Wednesday, denying any “distrust” between the two coalition partners.
President Serzh Sarkisian and his junior partners in Armenia’s governing coalition have met to discuss the upcoming parliamentary elections amid lingering speculation about serious disagreements among them.
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