Informal election campaign launched in ArmeniaMarch 7, 2007 - 18:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - National Renaissance party can reconsider participation in the parliamentary election and recall its candidate running by a proportional list of the People's Party of Armenia, party head Albert Bazeyan said March 7. If the authorities, opposition and media continue slandering him, he will call a meeting to decide whether or not it's expedient for the party to take part in the election under such circumstances. If National Consent Party overcomes the 5-percent barrier, but the election takes place with falsifications, "we are going to refuse from our mandates." Party leader Aram Haroutyunian said that his party has all chances to pass to the new parliament, since in 2003 not having observers in electoral commissions and not spending significant means for electoral campaign, actually it gathered 2.5 percent of the votes. People's Party of Armenia (PPA) offered the opposition to unite in a joint electoral block during the coming elections on May 12, keeping and enlarging the "Justice" block. PPA Deputy Chairman and MP Grigor Haroutyunian said that opposition should not hold talks over creating a new block, since it was already formed in 2003 and was acting up till now, IA Regnum reports. 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 | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |