  Armenian presidential election day to be announced soon December 4, 2012 - 16:43 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chief of Armenia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) will announce 2013 presidential election day in the days to come, spokesperson for the CEC said. As Hermine Harutyunyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, the election day is, as a rule, set 50 days prior to the expiration of the incumbent president’s term of office. Dwelling on Heritage party’s proposal on making amendments to RA electoral code, parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan noted that the presidential polls will apparently be set for February 18, 2013, deeming the offer as inappropriate.   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. |
