  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 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 Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday  Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1.Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri.Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”.Prosecutors to appeal Armenia ex-President’s acquittal Sargsyan was acquitted on Friday, May 31 more than four years after going on trial on corruption charges. |
