  Armenian National Congress launched rally in YerevanJanuary 8, 2010 - 15:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress launched a rally in Yerevan, with 400 supporters of ANC gathering near the monument to Vardan Mamikonyan to express their support to editor of Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper Nikol Pashinyan (currently detained), who is running for the Armenian parliament. Member of ANM board (Armenian National Movement, a former ruling party) Aram Manukyan specified in his speech that all political forces of the Armenian National Congress will be involved in the election campaign. ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrossian, leader of People's Party of Armenia Stepan Demirchyan, chairman of Political Council of Republic party Aram Sargsyan, chairman of ANM board Ararat Zurabyan, former Deputy Prosecutor General of Armenia Gagik Jhangiryan attended the rally.    Armenian National Congress Before elections of 19 February 2008 around the presidential candidate, Levon Ter-Petrossian, the first Armenian President, an alliance of more than 20 political parties and initiatives formed the all-national movement. On May 2, 2008 at the 2nd Congress of all-national movement Levon Ter-Petrossian put forward the idea of establishing the Armenian National Congress. On August 1, 2008 during a rally the Armenian National Congress was formally established.\r\n\r\nAmong the basic requirements of ANC are the release of political prisoners, restoration of the constitutional rights of citizens and the holding of early elections.  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 |  Related sections Latest news Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion  The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship.Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.MEPs issue statement to defend Armenia-France military cooperation The deputies emphasized that having an army armed with combat and modern military equipment is the sovereign right of any country.Iran begins voting in presidential election Iranians started voting for a new president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. |
