Paper says President Sargsyan aims to undermine Prosperous ArmeniaMay 3, 2012 - 15:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President, head of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) visited the town of Abovyan on May 2, Zhoghovurd paper reports. During his visit, Sargsyan declared that RPA supports candidacy of Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of Prosperous Armenia nominated here by majority system. It is noteworthy that Tsarukyan is the only nominee in this district, and Sargsyan could not possibly back anyone else, even if he wished to. Zhoghovurd hints at other implications behind the President’s speech referring to increased tension between RPA and Prosperous Armenia in pre-election period. In addition, Prosperous Armenia began to combat electoral forgery jointly with the opposition Armenian National Congress and ARF Dashnaktsutyun. By voicing support to Tsarukyan, RPA leader thus tries to compromise the Prosperous Armenia demonstrating RPA has no disagreement with its coalition partner, while the latter’s opposition stance is nothing but a mere campaign trick ahead of elections aiming to gain popularity, the paper says. Top stories Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |