Raffi Hovannisian announces decision to run for presidentSeptember 20, 2012 - 13:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Heritage opposition party leader Raffi Hovannisian announced decision to enter presidential race. “Armenia must finally have a president who’s devoted to his nation and people. I’ll do my best to bring Armenian people to the victory they’re entitled to,” he stressed. Hovhannisian’s presidential campaign will last through the next 100 days, with the Heritage leader to dedicate that time to becoming a persuasive civil candidate. “Regardless of the person to win the presidential race, the elected leader must have only 1 presidential term to provide Armenia’s transfer from the presidential to a parliamentary form of government,” he said. 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 | 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. |