  Armenian parties get territorial election commission seats  June 8, 2012 - 18:03 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - During its subsequent meeting, Central Election Commission of Armenia (CEC) through electronic draw distributed the posts of chairmen and secretaries of the territorial election commissions for local government elections due July 8. According to CEC press service, the posts were distributed between the parties represented at the parliament and the Armenian National Assembly Congress (ANC). The distribution was held via “Elections” electronic system. The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) received 11 seats of chairmen and secretaries of territorial election commissions, with 8 and 2 seats going to Prosperous Armenia and ANC respectively, ARF Dashnaktsutyun, Orinats Yerkir and Heritage getting one post each.  Top stories 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. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg.   Partner news |  Latest news POLITICO: Baku lobbying agains detained Karabakh ex-leader abroad  Azerbaijan is lobbying agains former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan, according to POLITICO.Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship.Iran says change in presidency won’t affect ties with Armenia Ambassador Mehdi Sobhani made the remarks when speaking to reporters at the Iranian Embassy.Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. |
