Politics

– In the context of the anti-campaign conducted against Levon Ter-Petrosyan they often speak about such episodes of Karabakh war, which they shouldn’t have spoken anyway. In particular, I mean the statements of Samvel Babayan. Don’t you think that these mysterious revelations become dangerous for our country and will enable Azerbaijan to use those against …

– Mr. Vardanyan, in all of the previous elections you have endorsed the ARF. Why have you decided to support Serzh Sargsyan this time? – I am going to vote for Sargsyan and I have always been a supporter of the ARF and will remain one. There is no Armenian party older than 117 years. …

Yesterday the ARF presidential candidate, Vahan Hovhannisyan said that the struggle will be harsh and promised not to hit any political powers down the waist in case no one does it with them. Otherwise Mr. Hovhannisyan assures that they will do the same. As for their standpoint concerning the previous authorities, Mr. Hovhannisyan will speak …

According to our information, during the recent period a huge amount of money has been brought to Armenia from abroad, especially from Turkey, which was the reason of foreign currency destabilization in the domestic market. Those variations were big especially during the weekend, when the Central Bank operative divisions were not working. The Central Bank …

Arman Melikyan, an advisor to the president of Karabakh, has announced that he has resigned from his position and is going to nominate his candidacy during the presidential elections in February. He thinks that Armenia should revoke the decision of the Soviet Armenia Supreme Council on uniting Karabakh with Armenia, which was adopted in 1989. …

Yesterday we asked the secretary of the Armenian liberal progressive party, political scientist Edward Antinyan whether the fact that the parliament has not approved Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s recommendations to the Electoral Code developed by “Rule of Law” party may affect the legitimacy of the presidential elections. “Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s supporters say that if he runs, he will …

Yesterday the head of the NA standing commission on defense, national security and internal affairs, and former defense minister Arthur Aghabekyan commented the recent announcement of the defense minister of Azerbaijan stating that “as far as Azerbaijan’s territories are occupied by Armenia, the possibility of war is almost 100%” to radio “Liberty” and said that …

Finally NDU chairman Vazgen Manukyan reached his goal. During yesterday’s congress of the party he received unanimous nomination by his political party to contest next year’s presidential election for the third time. Vazgen Manukyan thanked the delegates of the conference and said with a joke the most difficult step, the nomination, has been taken, the …

Recently Samvel Babayan announced that during the war period “the government of RA was committing crimes by not letting to liberate territories in NKR.” To the question why in that case Serzh Sargsyan agreed to work with the “ criminal government” of 1993-1997 Babayan answered, “After dismissing former Defense Minister Vazgen Manukyan it was necessary …

According to the Lragir.am source in the president administration the president administration is preparing a bill according to which in case of resigning from a faction a member of parliament has to resign from parliament mandate. Apparently, the idea of such a law originated within the government to prevent the possibility of rat run because …