RPA will stick to its choice for Sargsyan as presidential candidate –RPA faction leaderOctober 4, 2011 - 16:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has a normal attitude towards the 2nd Armenian president Robert Kocharian, RPA parliamentary group leader said. “We were a supporting power for him during the 10 years of reforms in Armenia. We highly appreciate his contribution to statehood building in the country,” Galust Sahakyan told a news conference in Yerevan. “I don’t think there’s any republican who’d have a negative attitude for Robert Kocharian.” “However, RPA has already made its choice as to the presidential candidate and will stick to it,” Sahakyan stressed. Armenia’s coalition parties signed a memorandum assigning Serzh Sargsyan as a unified presidential candidate. 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 | Russia provides info about arrested Armenian ex-MP Russian law enforcement agencies have provided information about the arrest of Tigran Urikhanyan. Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. 41 detained as antigovernment protests continue in Yerevan 41 people were detained in Yerevan as people demanding Pashinian’s resignation stage campaigns of civil disobedience. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |