Politics

In answer to our question whether the RPA would have majority in the parliament after the upcoming elections the head of the football federation, RPA member MP Ruben Hayrapetyan said, “It’s not about thinking; I believe that the RPA will have majority for sure.” In answer to another question that the RPA would still have …

– The society is discussing the issue whether new buildings will be built near the stadium Hrazdan, which is owned by Ashot Aghababyan. Have you talked to Aghababyan before this issue became a topic of discussions? – If this was a private issue we could discuss it, but now it is about the public property. …

During the joint press conference of the Presidents of Armenia and Lebanon the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan stated that during the private meeting they had adverted to the NKR conflict resolution as well. “Naturally, we have discussed the Nagorno Karabakh issue. I noted that Azerbaijan is trying mulishly to present in the Islamic circles …

The closer we get to elections the more active the intergovernmental intrigues become. And the main intrigue of the government is the conflict between the two ruling coalition parties – the Republican and Prosperous Armenia parties, which originated from the famous statement of the leader of Gagik Tsarukyan about their intention of having “50+1” votes. …

It seems that the conflicts within the coalition are coming to end and there is a possibility that in the near future the coalition powers may come up with announcement to participate in elections with joint list. The representatives of the coalition powers are speaking of such possibility already and with this maybe they are …

Yesterday at the National Assembly ARF-Dashnaktsutyun presented a motion of no confidence in the government, demanding the resignation of the executive body. ARFD MP Armen Rustamyan said the government has failed to fulfill its commitments’ and called on the parliament majority to join the motion. "Our government doesn’t have a sailboat and doesn’t know which …

– How would you comment on the fact that the Armenian Revolutionary Federation again initiated a vote of no confidence to the government? – The proposal of the opposition party on expressing distrust to the government the PM considers the right of the political force. That question is of political content, as on one hand, …

“We will discuss that issue when the RPA headquarter executive body makes a decision on the work of the headquarter. We don’t have such decision yet,” said prime-minister Tigran Sargsyan during a Q&A session in the parliament’s building in answer to a question whether he was participating in the works for formation of the party’s …

A scandal is being generated in the opposition. This time the scandal may take place between two parliamentary factions – the Heritage and ARF factions. The elections for the speaker and deputy speaker of the parliament have created some misunderstanding between the mentioned two factions. The problem is that during the voting to elect the …

The polling was well-organized in general, however the electoral process evidently deteriorated during the ballot counting procedure, which was followed by violations and fraud, including serious cases of ballot stuffing. What a familiar story. We know those things almost literally. We hear such things after all elections, such as parliamentary, presidential, local-self government. OSCE monitors …