Opposition leader: each election in Armenia worse than previous May 6, 2012 - 19:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - First president of Armenia, leader of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) Levon Ter-Petrossian says that each election in Armenia is worse than the previous one. “The reason for the current situation in Armenia is that the power is not formed by the people,” he said during his visit to the inter-party headquarters to tackle election forgery. Ter-Petrossian said would like “to hope for the better”, but the information they receive on electoral violations demonstrates truthfulness of his statement: “unfortunately, each election in Armenia is worse than the preceding one.” At the same time, opposition leader highly assessed the activities of the inter-party headquarters. “It is time that the confronting forces understand this can no longer continue,” he said adding people should have trust in elections. “This is not an issue to be tackled by Prosperous Armenia, Dashnaktsutyun or ANC; this is a matter of honor for Armenia,” he emphasized. Ter-Petrossian also commented on the victory of the current authorities. “They can persist in protecting their power; but who they are opposing – Dashnaktsutyun? They are gaining a victory over the whole people,” ANC leader stated. 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. |