Heritage leader says party will retain seats in parliamentSeptember 17, 2011 - 14:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Heritage party leader is confident that the party retain its positions in the new parliament, winning even more seats than before. As Raffi Hovannisian told a news conference in Yerevan, “Heritage election campaign will kick off in the near future, with visits to Armenian provinces and meetings with local population planned. Still, parliamentary race is not the main goal on the party’s agenda.” Commenting on Heritage-initiated boycott of parliamentary sittings, the party leader said, “there has to be a political force in Armenia to question the constitutionality of the coalition memorandum.” “While communicating with public, we realized the necessity of returning to the parliament to continue our work, as Heritage parliamentary group members have to come up to people’s expectations,” Hovannisian concluded. 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 | Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. Protest leader vows to achieve departure of Armenian authorities According to Archbishop Bagrat, there is only one solution to the situation in Armenia. |