Armenia’s RPA urges YELQ against giving up parliamentary mandatesApril 5, 2017 - 16:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia, former education minister Armen Ashotyan on Wednesday, April 5 urged YELQ bloc against giving up parliamentary mandates. Some candidates who didn’t manage to collect enough votes to enter the parliament, as well as a number of activists earlier called on YELQ members to give up their mandates. According to Ashotyan, the move would leave the 120,000 citizens who voted for the bloc without any representation in the parliament. Also, Ashotyan said “eliminating the Western discourse from the parliament and shutting the National Assembly doors to the only liberal force is far from politics.” Based on results calculated in all the 2009 polling stations, the Republican party leads with 49.12% of votes (771 247 ballots), followed by the Tsarukyan bloc with 27.32% (428 965), YELQ with 7.77% (122 049) and the ARF Dashnaktsutyun with 6.57% (103 173). Voter turnout stood at 60.86% on Sunday, April 2. Related links: 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 | Russia sends note of protest to Armenia over envoy’s trip to Ukraine’s Bucha Russia has sent a note of protest to Armenia over the visit of Vladimir Karapetyan and Tigran Ter-Margaryan to Bucha. Armenia: Protesters march to parliament, some spend the night on street The protesters did not disperse despite heavy rain that began at around 2 a.m. local time. 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. |