ARFD: amendments to Armenian Electoral Code “victory of biomass”March 25, 2011 - 15:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Head of the ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliamentary group Vahan Hovhannisyan has labeled the adoption of legislative changes to the Armenian Electoral Code as a “victory of biomass. ” “The package of amendments proposed by Dashnaktsutyun found no counterarguments but those who had numerical superiority managed to win,” Hovhannisyan said. On March 25, the Armenian National Assembly passed the coalition-proposed amendments to the RA Electoral Code with a 70-0 vote and 1 abstention. At the same time the parliament voted down the opposition’s bill supposing amendments to the Code. 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. |