  Heritage can't go for Mayor election alone, ANC saysMarch 16, 2009 - 21:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 18 opposition parties, which are members of the Armenian National Congress, and the ANC head office, have decided to nominate Armenia's first President, leader of radical opposition Levon Ter-Petrosyan as the key candidate for the post of Mayor of Yerevan. People's Party leader Stepan Demirchyan will be the second in the list. The ANC is expected to launch unification talks with Heritage party, according to ANC coordinator Levon Zurabyan. "The Armenian National Congress is the embodiment of the Armenian opposition. If all opposition parties unite, the society will never accept Heritage party as a separate opposition force," he 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 |  Related sections Latest news Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals  Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation.Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan.Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush.Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |
