  Paper says RPA proportional list lacks female candidates March 16, 2012 - 09:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The proportional list of the Republican Party of Armenia is “lacking women”, Zhoghovurd paper’s sources say. According to the Electoral Code, a female candidate should be nominated in each sixth position of a proportional list. So, now RPA is seeking relevant female candidates to run for the parliamentary seats, the source says. Party spokesman, vice-speaker of the National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov refuted these rumors to a paper’s reporter saying women account for over half of their party members. “All of them are good, supporting RPA’s ideology,” Sharmazanov said adding they do not face such a problem. Why, in this case, RPA is actively involving singer Shushan Petrosyan, DJ Vakcina and other women, the paper wonders.   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 |  Latest news International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine  Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets.Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty.Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities.Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |
