ANC squandered away people’s votes – RPA rep.December 24, 2012 - 18:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) noted parliamentary elections as the most important political event in 2012. Hovhannes Sahakyan characterized the parliamentary vote was as successful, expressing hope for presidential elections to follow the suit. “We’ll do our best to provide fair and competitive elections in 2013,” the told a December 24 news conference. The RPA representative refused to comment on the candidate of Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc. “The split inside ANC is obvious, and I have no wish to voice my opinion on the matter.” “ANC has squandered away people’s votes,” he concluded. 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 | 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. |