PM: Preventive mechanisms employed to rule out rigging of votesApril 2, 2017 - 11:36 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime minister and the first deputy chair of the Republican Party Karen Karapetyan cast a ballot in the elections to the Armenian National Assembly. Arriving at the polling station in heightened spirits, the PM said “time will tell” if RPA emerge as the election winners. Commenting on a possibility of a coalition with other political forces, Karapetyan noted that the further steps will be determined after the elections. He also noted that the preventive mechanisms employed are enough to rule out rigging of votes. In conclusion he expressed a wish for incident-free elections in a tolerant environment. You can follow the course of the elections live on PanARMENIAN.Net Nine political forces, including 4 blocs and 5 parties are running for seats at the National Assembly - Republican, Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun, Armenian Renaissance, Free Democrats and Communist parties, as well as Tsarukyan, YELQ, ANC-PPA and Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian blocs. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. 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. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |