  Expert skeptical over ARFD to gain seats in parliament February 14, 2012 - 16:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Expert on political and electoral technologiesArmen Badalyan is skeptical over chances of ARF Dashnaktutyun to gain seats in future parliament, citing decrease in votes for the party’s favor as a proof. According to the expert, even doubling the number of votes during elections in Yerevan will secure the party only 40-45 thous. votes. In this context he noted absence of steps by ARFD towards shifting the negative trend. Badalyan further noted Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous Armenia and Armenian National Congress(ANC) opposition bloc as the only political forces to take seats in the parliament, ruling out chances for Orinats Yerkir and Heritage to be yield tangible results.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. 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.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
