Politics

More businessmen in the new parliament

28.05.2012

Although the parties that gained seats in parliament haven’t announced the official lists of their MPs but most of them are already known to us especially in light of the fact that many of the known MPs return to parliament once again. The majority of the MPs that went to the NA are mostly politicians …

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Our life is so sovereign…

27.05.2012

The Armenian president has decided not to participate in NATO summit in Chicago because of the worrisome formulations in the summit’s resolution. The Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan said about this during a meeting with the Armenian community of Chicago. The declaration mentions the unresolved conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh as well as Georgia and Moldova in …

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Structural (and not only) changes for the coalition

27.05.2012

While the President of Armenia and the Republican Party Serzh Sargsyan and the leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party Gagik Tsarukyan are negotiating on whether they should establish a ruling coalition or not and while the parties, which gained parliament seats are deciding the statuses of politicians on their proportional lists, the political field of …

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Threats of “unity”

22.05.2012

Armenia has lived another post-electoral week without a coalition. It seems nothing has changed as a result of that. Surely nothing will change even if the new coalition is formed or not. As the time showed, the RPA, which vast majority in the parliament, and the PAP, which criticize the RPA the most, need a …

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They have nothing to lose besides their faces

22.05.2012

In Armenia nothing and especially government is not changed through elections. But elections change people and the political parties. It is evident that the voters do not show any highlighted interest to political parties. The votes given by the constituents are not used by these parties to protect the interests of their voters but used …

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Will Oskanyan be the NA speaker?

21.05.2012

According to our information, the discontent in the PA party concerning the possibility of a coalition with the RPA is growing. Former foreign minister Vartan Oskanyan announced that he would not undertake responsibility under an artificial coalition. The fourth person in the PA’s list, Gurgen Arsenyan is against a coalition with the RPA too. According …

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Moscow believes in the outcomes

21.05.2012

The question why Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t receive Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan two days ago has become one of the top discussion topics of political circles of Armenia. Almost all the discussions and analyses arrive to the conclusion that by not having received Sargsyan Putin has expressed is discontent about the outcome of the …

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Traits of Armenian democracy

19.05.2012

Following the parliamentary elections the main topic of discussions is formation of coalition, members to be involved in the coalition and other related issues. It is hard to imagine any better agenda for the government. The authorities professionally violated the elections, the parties participating in the elections discussed the elections a little during the next …

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“Movie-makers” needed

19.05.2012

The main topic of political discussions is formation of a new government. In fact the RPA does not have to make coalition with any powers. In politics usually it is accepted that powers make coalition when their country is in emergency situation (war or crisis) or neither of the parties running in elections has been …

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“Those people who have opinions but don’t bring them up are the ones that are sold”

19.05.2012

– Mr. Sargsyan, have you discussed the possibility of pulling out from the ANC? What decision did you make about that? – On Friday, the broad session of the party will take place, where we’ll make a decision by taking into account the opinions of everyone. – But what are the moods of your party …

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