Opposition leader: each election in Armenia worse than previous May 6, 2012 - 19:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - First president of Armenia, leader of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) Levon Ter-Petrossian says that each election in Armenia is worse than the previous one. “The reason for the current situation in Armenia is that the power is not formed by the people,” he said during his visit to the inter-party headquarters to tackle election forgery. Ter-Petrossian said would like “to hope for the better”, but the information they receive on electoral violations demonstrates truthfulness of his statement: “unfortunately, each election in Armenia is worse than the preceding one.” At the same time, opposition leader highly assessed the activities of the inter-party headquarters. “It is time that the confronting forces understand this can no longer continue,” he said adding people should have trust in elections. “This is not an issue to be tackled by Prosperous Armenia, Dashnaktsutyun or ANC; this is a matter of honor for Armenia,” he emphasized. Ter-Petrossian also commented on the victory of the current authorities. “They can persist in protecting their power; but who they are opposing – Dashnaktsutyun? They are gaining a victory over the whole people,” ANC leader stated. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |