Armenia’s Yelk vows to do its best to prevent president from becoming PMJune 28, 2017 - 19:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Yelk bloc will do its best to prevent president Serzh Sargsyan from becoming prime minister in 2018, RFE/RL Armenian Service cited the bloc MP, former PM Aram Sargsyan as saying on Wednesday, June 28. If need be, the lawmaker said, Yelk is ready to mobilize the people to overturn president Sargsyan’s plan. Sargsyan’s term as president ends in 2018 when Armenia will be making a full transition to a parliamentary system of governance. The Republican Party (RPA) has repeated on various occasions that current PM Karen Karapetyan will hold his office even after 2018, but opposition parties and blocs predict that president Sargsyan will become the head of the Armenian government. The former prime minister said the people will need to take to the streets to prevent such a development, and Yelk is prepared to participate in all those actions. According to A. Sargsyan, the society doesn’t want Armenia to resemble Kazakhstan or Azerbaijan. Should the president take that step, he said, it will be badly perceived by the international community as well. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |