Politics

The “Heritage” political party continued its political campaign in the Vayots Dzor and Syunik Marzes on Wednesday. According a message from the political party office, an unpleasant event took place during their trip. “The village head of Areni village met with the campaigners and announced that nobody has the right to campaign in Areni without …

Frank Pallone and Joseph Knollenberg, co-presidents on Armenian Issues of the U.S. Congress, have sent a letter to U.S. President George Bush persuading him to reaffirm the position of the U.S. in his annual April 24 address and call the crimes committed against the Armenians as “genocide”. “The United States must never allow crimes against …

“In the past there have been many times when the authorities have created obstacles for the campaign. At the time there was also the opinion that there should not be any obstacles; that the more you create obstacles, the more you hurt yourself. Today we see that there are no obstacles; we can already see …

Beginning in seven previous editions The appearance of Karen Demirchyan in the political arena was interpreted differently. Some claimed that Vazgen Sargsyan invited Demirchyan, thinking that Kocharyan would get rid of him after occupying the position of president. Others said that Demirchyan was “uplifted” by the Russian elite which included most of his former colleagues. …

The CEC has decided to respond to the letters and recommendations sent to them and the mass media as well. Yesterday CEC chair Garegin Azaryan introduced this decision and said that they had received only ten such letters, most of which had been sent by the “Impeachment” bloc and “Supreme Council deputies’ club” NGO. Azaryan …

The upcoming parliamentary elections are a serious challenge for the authorities, and it is possible to say that they are terrified about the outcome. In order to make sure that they really worry, we can just pay attention to the fact that it is the second time they are organizing public surveys for internal use …

International monitors are thus far satisfied with the pre-election situation in Armenia. They state that they are not interested in the results of the elections. They are more interested in the pre-election process and are satisfied that the opposition is provided with sufficient airtime. In fact, the international monitors have all the grounds to be …

The Armenian delegation has refused to participate in the session of the PACE commission on the Karabakh conflict issue. The head of the Armenian delegation, NA speaker Tigran Torosyan, explains this decision by saying that such sessions don’t have any positive results. The problem is the fact that during the previous sessions, in which the …

Yesterday the RA general prosecutor, Aghvan Hovsepyan, met with the OSCE election monitoring mission delegation. “The prosecutor’s office will not precede any political announcements,” said Aghvan Hovsepyan. He also said that they were ready to provide any information necessary concerning the electoral violations and findings during electoral processes.

On March 2 the leader of “New Times” party, Aram Karapetyan, said that there are political parties in Armenia “that are working as opposition and getting paid.” Certainly, this is not a secret for people, but Karapetyan promised that he would inform exact names during the pre-election campaign period and also would bring forth reasonable …