Political parties to start air campaign on May 4May 2, 2009 - 16:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Central Election Commission has today convened an extraordinary session for determining the procedures of allocating airtime to political parties participating in the elections of the Mayor and Aldermen's Council of Yerevan. The TV campaign of the contenders will be broadcast on the Armenian Public Television and the Public Radio. Following the procedures prescribed by Section 2, Article 20 and Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, Article 138.15 of RA Electoral Code, the session participants held a draw to determine the procedures of allocating airtime to parties. According to draw results, the campaign will start and finish with the Republican Party's air broadcasts. The air campaign will last from 4 till 29 May, 2009. 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 | 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |