  Heritage slams Prosperous Armenia’s decision to boycott elections December 18, 2012 - 14:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prosperous Armenia leader Gagik Tsarulyan’s decision on refusal to run for president is unlinked to Heritage party chairman Raffi Hovannissian’s plans, Heritage member said. “Prosperous Armenia is a separate political force and is free to take any decision,” Armen Martirosyan said, deeming the party’s refusal to back any of the presidential candidates inexplicable. “Prosperous Armenia has the second largest number of MPs in the parliament. Their decision to boycott the elections is unfounded,” he said.   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 Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
