Politics

These days the National Assembly standing commissions are discussing the draft budget of 2008. After such discussions the draft is to be included in the NA agenda and discussed (voted for) in the NA session. As usual, the RA budget, after being developed to the parliament, is “given” a specific name. For example, last year …

On September 7 of this year the leaders of “National Unity” party made a statement calling on the leaders of all political powers, both pro-government and opposition, to meet to discuss the issue of fighting against the foreign and inner challenges of the country, to work out the processes which are dangerous for the republic …

Yesterday “Moskovskie Novosti” newspaper wrote about the rally of October 26 in the Freedom Square of Yerevan and Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s speech during that rally. The newspaper highlights that the prime minister has not answered to the accusations of the first president, who is his main competitor, however the pro-government Media is full of information disqualifying …

Yesterday almost all deputies were disappointed about the possible appointment of “Prosperous Armenia” party faction member Arevik Petrosyan in vice speaker’s position. Many deputies think that she is an undiscovered Dashnak (she was included in the ARF proportional list during the elections of 2003) and say that there is no former Dashnak, thus it is …

This is how NA independent deputy Viktor Dallakyan expressed his surprise concerning several provisions in the bill on “Amendments and supplements to the Electoral code”. This bill has been proposed by the MPs of ARP and PA factions. ARF, which is their coalition partner, doesn’t support this bill. The head of the NA faction of …

If we were not aware of the activity of the existing deputies of the parliament, we would think that these ones differ since they don’t make opinions until they don’t see the corresponding documents. However, it is clear that this new “working method” is conditioned by the fact that they have been directed not to …

Yesterday RA president Robert Kocharyan spoke about Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s speech during the recent rally in the Republic square, in which the former president slammed the existing regime. “It is a pity that Levon Ter-Petrosyan wants to return to politics being full of anger. This anger was what collapsed the ANM,” said Robert Kocharyan to journalists …

“It’s a pity that Levon Ter-Petrosyan is trying to return to politics with malice. It is that malice that had destroyed the ANM,” said President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan during the ceremony of the opening of the shooting arena opened in Yerevan. “The whole point is that it was good during our governance; everything is …

And finally the President of RA Robert Kocharyan has used his exquisite right to send a letter to the National Assembly requesting to nominate Ishkhan Zakaryan, deputy chairman of the National Assembly and a block member from Prosperous Armenia, as a candidate for chairmanship of the Control Chamber. The post of deputy chairman of the …

“Karen Demirchyan resigned office in 1988 according to his application,” People’s Party (PPA) Leader Stepan Demirchyan said during the interview to A1+. “And where was Levon Ter-Petrosyan in the May of 1988? In 1991, during Ter-Petrosyan’s office, Karen Demirchyan became the director of “ArmElectro” factory.” He has also mentioned that Demirchyan did not foil the …