RPA opposes to formation of headquarters to counter election forgeryApril 4, 2012 - 14:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Galust Sahakyan, deputy chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) refused to sign a declaration on creation of inter-party election headquarters to tackle electoral violations. “A document on establishment of a single headquarters cannot be signed right away,” he said noting that the document is very vague; it specifies the rights of the office but omits its obligations. RPA representative emphasized that this document cannot be signed without a discussion within the ruling coalition; following such discussion, RPA will respond to it. Sahakyan reminded that the National Assembly of Armenia recently published a similar declaration on establishment of electoral oversight structure which could involve both the political forces and public organizations. He mentioned that the structure within the parliament will operate more efficient than the proposed inter-party headquarters. Representatives of five political forces (ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous Armenia, Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc, Heritage and ARF Dashnaktsutyun parties) running for the forthcoming parliamentary elections participated in the discussion on establishment of a single inter-party headquarters to counter election forgery. The idea was suggested by head of Political Analysts Union Hmayak Hovhannisyan. Top stories 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. 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. Partner news | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |