RPA vice-chair: “April 1” month follows women’s month![]() April 13, 2012 - 16:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - “April 1 month” followed the women’s month (March 8-April 7), deputy chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) said commenting on the pre-election pledges by various parties. Dwelling on RPA coalition parties’ statements, Galust Sahakyan noted that all the drawbacks in government operation are attributed to RPA. He urged coalition partners to follow his party’s suit which never feared to assume responsibility for the situation in the country. ARF Dashnaktsutyun member Artsvik Minasyan in turn said that all parties except for his, preferred to issue solely general statements. Parliamentary elections, due in Armenia on May 6, feature 8 political parties, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), Orinats Yerkir, Heritage, Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), Communist Party of Armenia and United Armenian party, as well as one election bloc represented by opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC). ![]() ![]() Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |