 Court examines appeals of ex-candidates Hovannisian, Ghukasyan March 11, 2013 - 12:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Constitutional Court will examine today, March 11 the appeals of former presidential candidates Raffi Hovannisian and Andrias Ghukasyan, disputing Feb 18 election results. Legal adviser of Hovannisian headquarters Karen Mezhlumyan and Heritage party representative Zaruhi Postanjyan will represent Raffi Hovannisian, with Andrias Ghukasyan himself to present his appeal. Tigran Mukuchyan, Armen Smbatyan and Nune Hovhannisyan will represent the Central Election Committee (CEC). Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan and the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Davit Harutyunyan are reelected president Serzh Sargsyan’s authorized representatives Raffi Hovannisian and Andrias Ghukasyan addressed the Constitutional Court on March 4, demanding to announce the results of 2013 presidential elections invalid. Partner news  Top stories A special sitting of the National Assembly launched on Monday, June 17, with 104 parliamentarians participating. “I’m good at what I’m doing – implementing educational and charity projects,” he said in an interview with Ksenia Sobchak. RPA parliamentary group leader Galust Sahakyan said the latest National Assembly session featured both show and populism. The National Assembly adopted package of bills on making amendments to laws on “government structure” and “public service”.   Partner news |  Latest news UN chief hails China's peacekeeping efforts  Ban said China has provided more peacekeepers than all the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council.Iran's Guardian Council approves presidential election result Hassan Rouhani won the election by taking nearly 51% of votes. Since he won more than half, that eliminated the need for a runoff.Friends of Syria to meet in Doha on June 22: French official Assad's forces aim to retake Aleppo, where they have been mired in a bloody stalemate with rebels for nearly a year.Parliament approves amendments to law on minimum wage rate Besides, new scale of salaries will be introduced, according to which the minimum wage rate will be doubled by 2017. |
