Armenia: Ruling party to sack opposition's deputy parliament speakerJune 28, 2022 - 18:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The ruling Civil Contract party has made a decision to remove Ishkhan Saghatelyan from the opposition Armenia bloc from the post of Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly. MP Artur Hovhannisyan from Civil Contract said Tuesday, June 28 that lawmaker Vahe Hakobyan, also from Armenia bloc, will be sacked as the head of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs. President of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan said earlier in the day that Civil Contract was going to discuss the possibility of firing opposition deputies for missing out on work due to a months-long campaign demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Days earlier, opposition lawmaker from "I Have Honor" bloc, Chairman of Homeland party Artur Vanetsyan resigned. Vanetsyan went on a sit-in in mid-April and launched a campaign against Pashinyan and his government. Pashinian came under fire after he and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev agreed to start drafting a bilateral peace treaty to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and set up a joint commission on demarcating the borders. 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 | Pasadena to host Armenian Genocide commemoration event The Pasadena Armenian Coalition will host its community-wide Armenian Genocide Commemorative Event. Armenia: Opposition activist transferred to Investigative Committee Activist Samvel Vardanyan has been accused of insulting the lawmaker Hakob Aslanyan from the ruling Civil Contract party. Russia confirms start of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Karabakh The Kremlin has confirmed reports about the start of the withdrawal of Russian peacekeeping forces in Karabakh. France recalls its ambassador to Azerbaijan France on April 16 said it had recalled for consultations the French ambassador to Azerbaijan. |