  Heritage offer for amendment to Electoral Code rejected May 22, 2013 - 16:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Assembly rejected Heritage party’s parliamentary group’s offer to make an amendment to the Electoral Code. The bill was rejected by a vote of 66 to 41 with 1 abstention, with Heritage, Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun and Armenian National Congress (ANC) supporting the motion. Prior to the vote, parliamentary group leader of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Galust Sahakyan announced the party’s decision to vote against the bill, with Orinats Yerkir representative Heghine Bisharyan offering to postpone the discussion. It’s noteworthy that Heritage offered to release the voting lists following the elections.   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. |
