  Paper: Free Democrats go back on promise to Heritage October 3, 2012 - 13:10 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A new scandal is brewing between Raffi Hovannisian’s Heritage party and Khachatur Kokobelyan-led Free Democrats, Haykakan Zhamanak daily said. According to the paper, Kokobelyan went back on his promise to resign his MP seat. As was earlier agreed with Free Democrats party leader, Hovannisian pledged to quit his seat in case the former does so. However, as Kokobelyan failed to follow Hovannisian’s suit in submitting an application to quit his deputy seat, Hovannisian’s recalling the application was discussed at Heritage political party sitting on Tuesday, Oct 1.   Top stories 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. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
