Kocharian unlikely to be nominated as president – RPA memberSeptember 30, 2011 - 15:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A member of ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is skeptical over the possibility for the 2nd Armenian President Robert Kocharian to be nominated as a candidate at oncoming presidential election. “According to Electoral Code, presidential candidate must be nominated by parties. I can think of no such party, for, based on coalition memorandum, RPA, Prosperous Armenia and Orinats Yerkir parties must jointly nominate a candidate,” Rafik Petrosyan said. “RPA members are all for supporting the candidacy of current president Serzh Sargsyan. As for other parties, they’re not strong enough to nominate and support their own candidate,” he stressed. Commenting on the chances for oppositional ARD Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD) to support Kocharian, the MP noted, “ARFD are smart enough to realize they won’t be able to win as many votes as RPA, Prosperous Armenia and Orinats Yerkir taken together. I don’t think ARFD will risk that.” “Armenia has no prerequisites for repeating Russia’s scenario. Though able to return into politics, Kocharian is unlikely to be running for president,” Petrosyan 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 | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills U.S. doesn’t see Russia as contributing to peace in Caucasus Patel made the remarks when asked about the implications of Russia’s withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh. Up to 1% cashback when shopping on Wildberries with IDBank cards IDBank is launching an exclusive campaign on Wildberries for online shopping enthusiasts. |