Amnesty lays ground for falsification at next elections, Heritage member saidMay 27, 2011 - 15:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian authorities announced the amnesty to relieve pressure on the threshold of the elections they'll falsify, according to a member of Heritage oppositional parliamentary group.As Armen Martirosyan explained, the authorities mean to absolve themselves of international pressure they’re subjected to because of “political prisoners” in the country, in preparation for a pressure to follow because of falsified election results. According to the parliamentarian, those detained after March 2008 events must have been released earlier. “They were sentenced to prison because of their political views, and the amnesty does not acquit them,” he observed. Martirosyan characterized the new electoral code as illegitimate, being fully tailored to current authorities' demands. 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 | 151 detained as civil disobedience campaigns continue in Yerevan Citizens have been blocking streets in the Armenian capital, demanding Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation. France welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan meeting in Almaty France has welcomed the new round of negotiations between the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan. IDBank issues 2nd tranche of dollar bonds of 2024 On May 13, 2024, IDBank placed registered coupon bonds under the abbreviation AMANLBB2PER9. Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. |