Armenia NA: Committee head nominee on fighting election bribesMay 20, 2017 - 13:31 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Candidate for the post of the head of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs and Human Rights, lawmaker from the Republican Party of Armenia Hrayr Tovmasyan has commented on the issue of fighting electoral bribes in the country. According to Tovmasyan, the society’s political and legal preparedness is of particular importance for holding well-structured elections. “The society’s perception of the importance of elections and the role of the body they are voting for is crucial,” Tovmasyan said. “No matter how we change the legislation, these problems will nevertheless transpire in some way.” “So Armenia is now facing the issue of improving the political and legal culture among the society,” Tovmasyan added. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |