RPA vice-chair warns party members against TV debatesApril 13, 2012 - 15:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy Chairman of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) advises his party members not to participate in TV debates. Commenting on ANC representative Nikol Pashinyan’s challenge to Ruben Hayrapetyan for a TV debate, Galust Sahakyan stressed the need for equal political forces to participate in TV debates to better present their merits. He further noted the necessity to introduce TV debates into Armenian political culture, however, not during pre-election stage as it would result in “street scene.” Representative of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC), editor-in-chief of Haykakan Zhamanak daily Nikol Pashinyan called out RPA candidates Samvel Alexanyan and Ruben Hayrapetyan to participate TV debates, who, however, haven’t so far given their consent. 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. |