Politics

“I can’t stay alienated from the elections”

22.05.2006

“Don’t suspect that I will be actively involved in the elections, I am currently working on that. I am meeting with different people to find out what they suggest and what they can do”, said Ara Abrahamyan in March, 2005. He confirmed this during his meeting with journalists at the hall of the National Academy …

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Mekhak left

22.05.2006

Yet another MP, Mekhak Mkhitaryan, left the National Assembly “Rule of Law” faction. Mkhitaryan had been elected based on a majority of votes at the #29 poll in the Armavir Marz. According to our “Rule of Law” sources, Mkhitaryan said that the reason for leaving the party was that the politics led by the party …

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The coalition always had conflicts: coalition members confess

22.05.2006

What happened to the “Rule of Law” party recently showed once again that there is no political system in Armenia whatsoever and pro-government parties don’t have the opportunity to make their own decisions without the consent of the president. The ARF criticized the “Rule of Law” party, hinting that if the ARF formed a majority, …

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Forgive me, chevalier

22.05.2006

After the assassination attempt on President of Karabagh Arkadi Ghukassyan on March 22, 2000, well-known Hamlet Ghushchyan produced a film entitled “King of Heaven and Hell”, which had to do with the assassination attempt, the preceding events and the aftermath. Let’s not talk about what sport reporter Hamlet Ghushchyan had to do with all that. …

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They just decided to drop their memberships

22.05.2006

Yesterday, the RA defense minister said the following in regard to the resignation of “Rule of Law”: “It’s no surprise. This is a normal process. They worked together, and now they no longer want to work together”. Serge Sargsyan doesn’t think that there is anything surprising about the fact that the businessmen members of this …

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Sergo wants to live the good life

22.05.2006

In the morning, the Minister of Education of Armenia Sergo Yeritsyan told our correspondent that he and his team would leave the coalition, “We entered the coalition as a team, and we will leave as a team”. But later in the evening, the team had changed. The thing is that he decided not to stick …

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Karabakh belongs to citizens of Karabakh

22.05.2006

According to “Arka” news agency, on May 12 the OSCE general secretary, Mark Perin de Brishambo, made an announcement in Yerevan saying that Karabakh belongs to citizens of Karabakh. “I hope citizens of Karabakh will be given an opportunity to express their will through a referendum in the near future”, said the OSCE general secretary.

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Afraid of punishment

22.05.2006

The air navigation service officers of Adler airport, who witnessed the Armenian plane crash tragedy, have applied to the Russian Federal Security Service to take care of the families of the victims and protect them. According to “Zhizn” newspaper, these officers think that they are not guilty in this tragedy, but they are afraid that …

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Rule of Law was not in the team long ago

22.05.2006

“What would happen if Arthur Baghdasaryan didn’t resign? Why didn’t he use his opportunity to criticize the authorities before joining the opposition?” In response to this question, Ara Sahakyan said, “I don’t want to make predictions, but I think he would be fired. He was out of the team long ago”. We also asked whether …

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On his own

22.05.2006

“When we blame republicans for what Hovik Abrahamyan does on his own, they always deny it. They say that Hovik Abrahamyan doesn’t have anything to do with the Republican party”, says Hrant Khachatryan (CRU party leader). He says that it is possible that the same thing that happened to the Rule of Law may happen …

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