  Heritage leader to quit his deputy mandate - paper May 12, 2012 - 11:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Yerkir paper predicts some changes in the proportional list of the Heritage party. “Heritage leader Raffi Hovannisian will put down his deputy mandate. Instead, Anahit Bakhshyan, listed 14th on the party’s proportional list will join the parliament,” the paper reports. Some rumors said on May 11 that Zaruhi Postanjyan ranking 3rd on the list will also abandon her mandate, Yerkir said. Meanwhile, Postanjyan neither confirmed nor refuted the rumor to the paper. “If Postanjyan quits the mandate, Heritage member Stepan Safaryan will enter the new parliament. So, Khachatur Kokobelyan, Stepan Safaryan, Alik Arzumanyan, Ruben Hakobyan and Anahit Bakhshyan will join the National Assembly,” Yerkir reports.   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 |  Latest news Lemkin Institute petition seeks release of Armenians in Azerbaijan  The Lemkin Institute is deeply concerned about the continued illegal detention of political prisoners from Karabakh in Azerbaijan.Armenian Catholicos calls for national unity against threats Karekin II issued a message on Republic Day marking the anniversary of the First Armenian Republic.Opposition leader, supporters spend night at Sardarapat memorial Police made nearly 300 arrests the day before as Galstanyan and his supporters continued to demonstrate in Yerevan.Armenia designates flood-hit communities as disaster areas The emergency situation was created by floods caused by heavy rains in Armenia’s north on May 25-26. |
