Armenia’s Yelk vows to do its best to prevent president from becoming PMJune 28, 2017 - 19:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s Yelk bloc will do its best to prevent president Serzh Sargsyan from becoming prime minister in 2018, RFE/RL Armenian Service cited the bloc MP, former PM Aram Sargsyan as saying on Wednesday, June 28. If need be, the lawmaker said, Yelk is ready to mobilize the people to overturn president Sargsyan’s plan. Sargsyan’s term as president ends in 2018 when Armenia will be making a full transition to a parliamentary system of governance. The Republican Party (RPA) has repeated on various occasions that current PM Karen Karapetyan will hold his office even after 2018, but opposition parties and blocs predict that president Sargsyan will become the head of the Armenian government. The former prime minister said the people will need to take to the streets to prevent such a development, and Yelk is prepared to participate in all those actions. According to A. Sargsyan, the society doesn’t want Armenia to resemble Kazakhstan or Azerbaijan. Should the president take that step, he said, it will be badly perceived by the international community as well. 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 | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |