Heritage: we will return Armenia’s power to its peopleMay 3, 2012 - 22:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 3, Aznavour square in Yerevan hosted Heritage opposition party’s last rally before the parliamentary elections. “We will return Armenia’s power to its people,” the party leader Raffi Hovhannisyan said. Free Democrats representative Alexander Arzumanyan, in turn, noted, “together we will become owners of our country and will eradicate injustice.” It is noteworthy that Prosperous Armenia’s rally was also held on the same day, with a lot of people said to have brought from Armenia’s provinces to participate in it. Heritage parliamentary candidate Arman Musheghyan, stressed ensuring equal rights as the key goal for running for parliament. Zaruhi Postanjyan, Anahit Bashkhyan, ruben Hakobyana and other Heritage candidates further addressed the rally. Parliamentary elections, due in Armenia on May 6, feature 8 political parties, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), Orinats Yerkir, Heritage, Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), Communist Party of Armenia and United Armenian party, as well as one election bloc represented by opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC). 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 | Yeremyan Projects opens state-of-the-art dairy production plant Yeremyan Projects officially launched the Yeremyan Products state-of-the-art milk processing plant in Yerevan on May 24. Azerbaijan's defense spending set to increase by 11% Azerbaijan's spending on defense and national security will increase by 11%, according to a fresh bill. Armenian PM’s helicopter makes emergency landing in Vanadzor The helicopter transporting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made an emergency landing in Vanadzor. Lavrov says envoys “periodically” summoned for consultations Sergei Lavrov has commented Moscow’s summoning of Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergei Kopyrkin. |