Aram Karapetyan: new person will rival Serzh Sargsyan during next presidential electionsNovember 2, 2010 - 18:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Leader of New Times party Aram Karapetyan said that the coalition will spare no efforts to keep the resources in its hands during the 2012 parliamentary elections. It is a classical method to keep the power through an oligopoly, Karapetyan told a press conference in Yerevan. He added that elections will change nothing in the country, unless systemic changes take place in Armenia. Besides, Karapetyan described a possible scenario of the Armenian authorities’ actions during the 2013 presidential elections. According to Karapetyan, neither he, nor leader of Heritage party Raffi Hovhannisyan will be registered as presidential candidates. He noted that a new politician will be selected from the opposition to rival incumbent Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, while the latter will win the elections. “I know the name of this person – it is neither Levon Ter-Petrosyan nor Robert Kocharian,” said Aram Karapetyan, adding that a new person will be selected as a representative of the opposition. However, Karapetyan refrained from naming this person, saying that this man is experienced in the political field. 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”. |