Armenia elections: YELQ bloc ready for TV debate with RPA N1March 15, 2017 - 14:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s YELQ bloc is accepting the proposal of Republican Party’s deputy chairman Armen Ashotyan on holding TV debates among candidates heading the proportional lists of parties and alliances. Parliamentary elections will be held on April 2. Nine parties and alliances running for seats at the National Assembly have already launched their election campaigns. In a conversation with PanARMENIAN.Net YELQ spokesman Tigran Avinyan said the possibility, date and format of the debate are being checked, but that the alliance is ready for any format given the lack of debates on Armenia’s political arena. “Our proposal of holding a debate between Nikol Pashinyan - who comes in the third on YELQ's proportional list - and RPA’s Ashotyan was rejected, but in case they make clear moves, there is no big difference in terms of the debate participants,” Avinyan said. Earlier, Ashotyan suggested organizing television debates only among the first numbers of all the political forces running. Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan heads RPA’s proportional list. 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 | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |