Politics

Yesterday the prime-minister Tigran Sargsyan addressed to the chairman of the National Assembly Samvel Nikoyan with a request to return the bill on “Law on curfew” for the purpose of making amendments. However, in the official press release nothing is stated about why the bill should be returned except the expression “to make amendments”. It …

Compared to parliamentary elections 2007 this time the proportional list of the Republican Party will undergo drastic changes. It is already announced that the list will be led by President Serzh Sargsyan. As a result the main filling of the RPA list will start from number two. To a certain extent this place is considered …

“In 1988 there wasn’t such active political environment. The environmental protection movement resulted in politically active environment. The situation is different now in Armenia as there is both civic and political activism. I think this is a positive process as people want to protect their rights,” said Heritage faction member Armen Martirosyan in answer to …

– The draft legislation of adopting 100 percent proportional electoral system elaborated by the party Heritage and ARF will be discussed in the next week’s NA hearing session. Most apparently the legislation will not be adopted, as the ruling authorities will vote against that. In that case what is the purpose of all discussions? – …

“The principle for making a pre-election list should be the notion that elections should be used for changing the situation in the country. This should be the main principle in the ground of a list and people should know about it,” said Petros Makeyan, a member of the ANC and president of Democratic Fatherland party, …

Manvel Badeyan, MP from the RPA party, has announced that the former prime-minister Vardan Oskanyan, by becoming a member of the PA party, cannot have any influence on the RPA. “It does not relate to the RPA and cannot in any manner make the RPA weaker; neither can it harm the reputation of the PA. …

In Armenia the discussions about the role and position of the intelligentsia, more specifically the absence of their role, is becoming more vocal during the pre-election period. During that period, the ones, who consider themselves, show their actual faces by proving that content-wise there are no different skinheads. Yesterday with his behavior the director of …

– Mr. Makeyan what is the status of discussions over the proportional electoral list in the ANC? – We are holding instant discussions over the proportional electoral list and currently we are discussing the principles of list formation. It is useless to say anything, as there is no result or a concrete approach yet. – …

“The majoritarian system will turn into a fight as all the negative things that happen to elections are connected with the majoritarian system. No election is worth the enmity of two Armenians that usually happens during majoritarian elections. Today we are not ready for majoritarian civilized type of elections,” said MP Lyova Khachatrayn during hearings …

The parliament held a hearing on transformation to full proportional system of elections, which was organized by the NA standing committee on state and legal issues. The issue was raised and proposed by the Heritage and ARF factions and was supported by non-parliamentary opposition powers such as the ANC and Free Democrats parties. During the …