ARFD parliamentary candidates promise to return power to peopleApril 10, 2012 - 21:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - ARF Dashnaktsutyun’s top parliamentary candidate delivered an opening speech at Liberty Square-hosted rally. “We’re here to return power to people,” Vahan Hovhannisyan said. “We’re not here to take it away or beg for it. We’re here to give it back to you,” the candidate stressed. Another ARFD candidate Armen Rustamyan in turn, stressed that a presidential system of government became a misfortune to Armenian people, with president’s immediate surrounding as the only ones to enjoy the privileges. The candidate urged to decentralize power, adopting a parliamentary system of government in order to prevent use of power for achieving personal goals. A representative of Dashnaktsutyun Bureau Hrant Margaryan stressed a poor economic situation in the country, social unfairness, mass emigration, noting that current authorities proved unable to resolve those issues. Parliamentary elections, due in Armenia on May 6, feature 8 political parties, Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), Orinats Yerkir, Heritage, Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), Communist Party of Armenia and United Armenian party, as well as one election bloc represented by opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC). ARF Dashnaktsutyun’s candidates list is topped by Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armen Rustamyan and Artyusha Shakhbazyan. 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 | 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. |