Informal election campaign launched in ArmeniaMarch 7, 2007 - 18:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - National Renaissance party can reconsider participation in the parliamentary election and recall its candidate running by a proportional list of the People's Party of Armenia, party head Albert Bazeyan said March 7. If the authorities, opposition and media continue slandering him, he will call a meeting to decide whether or not it's expedient for the party to take part in the election under such circumstances. If National Consent Party overcomes the 5-percent barrier, but the election takes place with falsifications, "we are going to refuse from our mandates." Party leader Aram Haroutyunian said that his party has all chances to pass to the new parliament, since in 2003 not having observers in electoral commissions and not spending significant means for electoral campaign, actually it gathered 2.5 percent of the votes. People's Party of Armenia (PPA) offered the opposition to unite in a joint electoral block during the coming elections on May 12, keeping and enlarging the "Justice" block. PPA Deputy Chairman and MP Grigor Haroutyunian said that opposition should not hold talks over creating a new block, since it was already formed in 2003 and was acting up till now, IA Regnum reports. 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. |