Most of majority system-procured seats owned by authorities – HeritageJanuary 11, 2012 - 15:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A full shift to proportional electoral system will allow Armenian parliament to become a political body it once was, according to Heritage opposition party’s parliamentary group leader. As Stepan Safaryan told a news conference in Yerevan, the MPs elected through majority system are mostly passive, reluctant to participate in parliament’s work and unaware of the problems of their electorate. As Safaryan noted, most of majority system-procured parliamentary seats will be occupied by the authorities. Armenian National Assembly includes 131 parliamentarians, with 41 MPs elected through majority system; 90 MPs – through proportional system. On December 27, Heritage and ARF Dashnaktsutyun opposition parties issued a joint statement urging for a full shift to proportional electoral system. 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 | IDBank, Dalma team up for Caucasian Deer Reintroduction Program IDBank has joined Dalma Garden Mall’s Green Challenge to support the Caucasian red deer reintroduction project. Through Ucom’s support the 12th Sunchild Festival concludes On May 24-28, with the support of Ucom, the 12th international environmental festival Sunchild took place in Yerevan. U.S., Turkey emphasize importance of Armenia-Azerbaijan peace deal Jake Sullivan and Akif Cagatay Kilic have discussed the normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia coach expects good football in Slovenia friendly The Armenian national team has left for Ljubljana a friendly match against Slovenia on June 4. |