ANC to miss National Assembly’s first meetingMay 30, 2012 - 22:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - On May 30, the Armenian National Congress (ANC) issued a statement during the first meeting of its advisory faction. “May 6, 2012 was marred by rigged parliamentary elections instead of celebrating victory of democracy in the country. On May 31, National Assembly will hold its first meeting, with most of the MPs having received parliamentary mandates through voter bribery, voter intimidation and double voting. ANC’s parliamentary group won’t participate in National Assembly’s first meeting in protest against the crimes committed during Serzh Sargyan’s administration. We will have active involvement in National assembly activity and do the utmost for it to serve platform for victory of democracy,” the statement reads. 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. |