Armenia’s RPA urges YELQ against giving up parliamentary mandatesApril 5, 2017 - 16:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia, former education minister Armen Ashotyan on Wednesday, April 5 urged YELQ bloc against giving up parliamentary mandates. Some candidates who didn’t manage to collect enough votes to enter the parliament, as well as a number of activists earlier called on YELQ members to give up their mandates. According to Ashotyan, the move would leave the 120,000 citizens who voted for the bloc without any representation in the parliament. Also, Ashotyan said “eliminating the Western discourse from the parliament and shutting the National Assembly doors to the only liberal force is far from politics.” Based on results calculated in all the 2009 polling stations, the Republican party leads with 49.12% of votes (771 247 ballots), followed by the Tsarukyan bloc with 27.32% (428 965), YELQ with 7.77% (122 049) and the ARF Dashnaktsutyun with 6.57% (103 173). Voter turnout stood at 60.86% on Sunday, April 2. Related links: 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |