Armenia parliament to have two ruling parties, RPA saysApril 20, 2017 - 23:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Negotiations over establishing a coalition with the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun are underway, spokesman for the ruling Republican Party (RPA), deputy speaker of the 5th Convocation National Assembly Eduard Sharmazanov told reporters on Thursday, April 20. “In all probability, a political agreement between the RPA and ARFD will be signed in 2017, and there will be two ruling parties in the parliament,” Sharmazanov said following an RPA Executive Body meeting. He said that both parties are inclined to continue the cooperation, Aysor.am reports. In response to media speculations, suggesting that prime minister Karen Karapetyan doesn’t favor the coalition with the ARFD, Sharmazanov said: “Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan is the first deputy chairman of the Republican Party, but as I said, RPA and ARFD are very close to signing a political cooperation agreement.” According to the final assessment of elections provided by the Central Electoral Commission, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) claims 58 mandates, including three for minority representatives (Yezidi, Assyrian and Kurdish), the Tsarukyan bloc has 31 seats overall, including one for a Russian community representative, while YELQ bloc and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutyun get nine and seven parliamentary seats, respectively. 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 | U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |