  Prosperous Armenia candidate hopes for fair electionMay 31, 2009 - 13:03 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Mayor nominee from Prosperous Armenia Party, Healthcare Minister Harutyun Kushkyan performed his civil duty at 10/29 polling station this morning."I hope, we will hold a fair and transparent election this time. I will spend this day in our party's headquarters," he said, adding that no violations have been reported yet. Yerevan holds elections to the city council today. Polling stations opened at 8 am (GMT+4) and will close at 8 pm (GMT+4). Residents of the Armenian capital will elect parties which will share 65 mandates of the city council. 700 empowered persons from 6 parties and one bloc, 6000 local and 15 international observers are watching the process. The number of voters totals 771 477. In all, 790 000 ballot papers were printed. The Central Electoral Committee will furnish data on the election process every 3 hours. The following parties are running: Republic Party of Armenia (acting Mayor Gagik Beglaryan), Prosperous Armenia party (Healthcare Minister Harutyun Kushkyan), Orinats Yerkir party (MP Heghine Bisharyan, Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (MP Artsvik Minasyan), People's Party (Tigran Karapetyan), Labor Socialist Party (Movses Shahverdyan), Armenian National Congress (RA first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan).   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 Topic Latest 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. |
