Politics

Parliamentary majority fell into a trap

15.06.2006

Head of the Justice alliance faction, Victor Dallakyan was to blame for this because he was the one manipulating the parliamentary majority. The opposition could manipulate the majority, as a result of which Vahan Hovhannisyan violated the National Assembly regulatory law first and then apologized for that. On Friday, despite the efforts put in by …

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I want a position!

13.06.2006

On June 9, head of the Constitutional Rights Union of Armenia, Hrant Khachatryan, once again asked the authorities to give him a position. This time he asked for the position of head of the RA Central Electoral Commission. This is his third offer this year. In spite of the fact that he has been denied …

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Without the love

13.06.2006

It turned out that the general prosecutor of Armenia, Aghvan Hovsepyan had gotten angry at the questions of journalists. In response to the questions as to what he was talking about with Serge Sargsyan during the opening of Tigran Petrosyan’s monument, he answered, “those who are able to understand anything understood the answer at once, …

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Don’t use such words

13.06.2006

During the meeting at the general prosecutor’s office, the chief prosecutor of Armenia didn’t like the words used by the prosecutor of the Shirak region and said that that he shouldn’t use such words. It is believed that the prosecutor of Shirak region will soon be in trouble. Besides that, there are rumors saying that …

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Chakhmakhchyan’s mandate is no longer in effect

13.06.2006

The Kalmikian parliament has decided to take the mandate of Federal Council senator Levon Chakhmakhchyan away. The parliament held a closed voting session and 18 MPs out of the 19 MPs voted for calling the senator back. On June 3, head of the Russian Federation Council, Sergey Mironov wrote a letter to the president of …

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“Is your dad a cheater?”

13.06.2006

In regard to what happened recently with the Rule of Law party, member of the Armenian National Movement (ANM) Aram Manukyan says that the resignation of this party from the coalition quickens the process of the coalition’s collapse and this collapse will lead to the change of the authorities. As for the Rule of Law …

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“They’re doing the right thing, damn it!”

13.06.2006

Recently, the Russian Gazetasng web page wrote an article about the recent murder of Armenian Arthur Sardaryan, 19 in Moscow committed by skinheads. Readers could also write their opinions about those murder cases. There were more than 100 notes on that page concerning this nationalistic movement, which didn’t really express any condolences, rather sentences like …

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Give Hrant something

13.06.2006

MP of the National Assembly Justice faction and head of the Constitutional Rights Union Hrant Khachatryan has made an epochal proposal. After his unsuccessful try to become ombudsman, Hrant Khachatryan is now asking the Armenian authorities to appoint him as head of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia. He said this openly at the …

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Chakhmakhchyan has big problems

12.06.2006

The president of Kalmikia, Kirsan Ilyumjinov doesn’t have any doubts about the facts brought up by head of the Russian Federation Council, Andrey Mironov, to discuss the issue of taking Chakhmakhchyan’s deputy untouchable right and his mandate away. According to our information from Moscow, the prosecutor’s office has instituted legal proceedings and several officials have …

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If you don’t want to-fine

12.06.2006

“It seems to me that Azerbaijan is losing its opportunity of resolving the conflict peacefully. I didn’t take part in the negotiations, but the president informed me and I am of the opinion that Azerbaijan is simply losing that opportunity”, said RA defense minister Serge Sargsyan. What the minister means is that Azerbaijan was given …

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