Politics

According to our information, yesterday vice public prosecutor general Gagik Jhangiryan convened a meeting at “Yerkrapah Union”, where he tried to convince the YU members to support Ter-Petrosyan during the upcoming presidential election. After active discussions, in which the leadership of the YU took part too, the YU decided to refuse the suggestion.

Yesterday presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan applied to the Constitutional court. The statement of Ter-Petrosyan’s pre-election headquarter informs that the application submitted to the Constitutional court writes the following: “During the presidential election of 2007 due to reasons, which are not connected with presidential candidate Ter-Petrosyan, hindrance has been caused which is making his participation in …

Yesterday President Robert Kocharyan held a meeting with the participation of the Heads of the National Security Service and the Police, the Prosecutor General, Heads of the Police and National Security Departments of the town of Yerevan and the marzes, as well as the Prosecutors of the marzes. Yesterday the President’s Press Service informed, “The …

Yesterday the ombudsman of Armenia Armen Harutyunyan said that there have been verbal complaints concerning electoral bribery and hindering works of pre-election headquarters in the election period. In answer to a question concerning the fact that Serzh Sargsyan hasn’t dropped his responsibilities as prime minister during the pre-election campaign Armen Harutyunyan said that this fact …

Yesterday RA presidential candidate Serzh Sargsyan had rallies in Tavoush and Lori marzes. In Alaverdi Sargsyan started his rally by visiting St. Narekatsi Church. By addressing to the residents of Alaverdi gathered in the central square of the town Serzh Sargsyan said that the nature is very generous to that part of the country by …

The human rights defender of Armenia Armen Harutiunyan touched upon the pre-election climate, saying sorry for the lacks tolerance and condemned the incident, which take place in the framework of the campaign. There is a quick response team in the framework of the Ombudsman’s office. The reporters asked him what happened to the quick response …

The international media evaluation company ECHO Research and the European Foundation for Democracy has presented the new ECHO study “Media in Armenia 2008 – A Pre-election Analysis”. The study, commissioned by the European Foundation of Democracy, was conducted on January 21-27. Roberta Bonazzi, the executive director of the Brussels-based European Foundation for Democracy, said the …

Concerning a recent announcement by presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan that by electing Serzh Sargsyan people will elect Nairi Hunanyan, MP Galust Sahakyan has told our correspondent, “I am reminding him that criminal Hunanyan is a result of his tenure and the environment then. I see common things in the content of the conversations in the …

The investigation department of the police in Ararat region has convened an ad hoc investigation commission to investigate the incidents in Artashat city during Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s rally on February 6. According to a recent statement of the RA public prosecutor’s office, legal proceedings have been instituted to discover all details of the incident, “The recordings …

Yesterday during the rally of presidential candidate L. Ter-Petrosyan a group of young people had thrown stones, pieces of ice and concrete towards the speaker’s platform during the rally organized in the town of Artashat. Afterward the group attacked the deputy-head of the ex-President’s security service, inflicting a bodily damage on the upper part of …