Politics

“They are afraid of us because we have announced that we are going to run in the presidential elections,” “Legal State” party deputy chief Heghine Bisharyan said yesterday. Furthermore, they say that they expect to get about 22% of the votes and also that Arthur Baghdasaryan’s life is in danger. “They may stop your car …

It turns out that the posters that are seen at each step in the city, most of which are representing the Armenian Republican Party, are not considered to be campaign material. This interpretation was made yesterday by RA Justice minister David Harutyunyan. He also said that in many countries such posters are not considered to …

The Armenian National Movement condemns RA former Foreign Minister Alexander Arzumanyan’s detention. We assume that the arrest is politically motivated and is connected with the upcoming parliamentary elections. Hovhannes Igityan, a member of the Armenian National Movement, told that the authorities are scared that people will challenge the May 12 elections. Therefore they are trying …

Yesterday near the Matenadaran a mass rally was held by three opposition parties: the “Impeachment” alliance and “New Times” (NT) and “Republic” parties, with the participation of over 20,000 citizens. After the rally, the crowd moved to the building of the National Security Service to demand the freedom of former RA Foreign Affairs Minister and …

May 9 celebrations are getting more and more lavish by the year. It’s surprising that the more deteriorated the Karabakh conflict resolution gets for us, the more solemnly the holiday is celebrated. Military parade, celebrations, holiday concerts, fireworks… and the most important thing is that they say that this was the victory of the whole …

Yesterday the head of “National Disagreement movement” and RA former foreign affairs minister, Alexander Arzumanyan, was arrested by National Security Service officers near his apartment. We were informed by his lawyer yesterday that the NSS officers said that they had called Mr. Arzumanyan to the NSS office to be questioned, and indeed he had refused, …

There is a risk that due to the new Constitution, which they said is a perfect one, there may a constitutional crisis in the country soon. The problem consists in Article 55, Point 4, which says the following: “The president of the Republic shall appoint the prime minister within ten days after the dismissal of …

“Aliev’s recent aggressive announcements are a part of their state lobbying policy. He has always spoken that way. However, I think if they were ready to solve their problems with their military power, they would have done it long ago,” RA defense minister Michael Harutyunyan said yesterday, concerning the “inventions” about the negotiations that Aliev …

Gradually the tense pre-election environment in Armenia is coming to its culmination. The opposition activists may be investigated or even arrested in the coming 10 days, as the government fears that the belief that people won’t go out into the streets will not come true. The rallies of the opposition are getting more and more …

My current announcement is stipulated by the current situation and the responsibility that each of us feels to our country and its future. The grounds of the announcement are the information, which I received when meeting with the founders and branch office representatives of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). Thus the announcement is made by …