Election race must be tense but legal – CEC headAugust 13, 2011 - 14:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chairman of the Armenian Central Election Committee (CEC) Garegin Azaryan says that election race must be tense but legal. “By saying tense I mean variety of opinions. Lack of interest and contradictions do not favor the process, as it happened during the local self-government election,” he told journalists on August 13. Commenting on violations during the elections, Azaryan informed that a number of innovations will be introduced to secure normal course of elections. He also said that the CEC will hold an extra meeting on August 15, when the district commissions will be formed. 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. |