  Free Democrats urge shift to parliamentary government in Armenia January 11, 2012 - 18:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Free Democrats opposition party urges a struggle for a shift from presidential to parliamentary form of government in Armenia. “Upon rising to power, leaders tend to show signs of authoritarianism in Armenia and other CIS states as well. Which is a reason some of them, specifically Georgia and Kirghizia initiated a transfer to a parliamentary form,” Free Democrats representative Alexander Arzumanyan told PanARMENIAN.Net Dwelling on the struggle between current and former presidents of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, Robert Kocharyan and Levon Ter-Petrossian, Arzumanyan noted, “Armenia must break free of this “vicious triangle” keeping it hostage.” In conclusion, the oppositionist urged for adoption of a law, limiting the number of presidential terms to 2.   Top stories 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 |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
