Prosperous Armenia candidate hopes for fair electionMay 31, 2009 - 13:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Mayor nominee from Prosperous Armenia Party, Healthcare Minister Harutyun Kushkyan performed his civil duty at 10/29 polling station this morning."I hope, we will hold a fair and transparent election this time. I will spend this day in our party's headquarters," he said, adding that no violations have been reported yet. Yerevan holds elections to the city council today. Polling stations opened at 8 am (GMT+4) and will close at 8 pm (GMT+4). Residents of the Armenian capital will elect parties which will share 65 mandates of the city council. 700 empowered persons from 6 parties and one bloc, 6000 local and 15 international observers are watching the process. The number of voters totals 771 477. In all, 790 000 ballot papers were printed. The Central Electoral Committee will furnish data on the election process every 3 hours. The following parties are running: Republic Party of Armenia (acting Mayor Gagik Beglaryan), Prosperous Armenia party (Healthcare Minister Harutyun Kushkyan), Orinats Yerkir party (MP Heghine Bisharyan, Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (MP Artsvik Minasyan), People's Party (Tigran Karapetyan), Labor Socialist Party (Movses Shahverdyan), Armenian National Congress (RA first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan). Top stories The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. 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. Partner news | Armenia named European U18 chess vice-champion The U18 chess team of Armenia won the title of vice-champion of the European Team Championship. Congress draft bill condemns Azerbaijan for Karabakh ethnic cleansing The bill condemns Azerbaijan for perpetrating ethnic cleansing against the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh. MEPs issue statement to defend Armenia-France military cooperation The deputies emphasized that having an army armed with combat and modern military equipment is the sovereign right of any country. Iran begins voting in presidential election Iranians started voting for a new president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. |