A radical opposition alliance reaffirmed on Tuesday its plans to use Armenia’s upcoming referendum for trying to topple President Serzh Sarkisian with sustained street protests that will begin in Yerevan on December 1.
Armenian law-enforcement authorities have again abandoned their criminal investigation into this summer’s dramatic protests in Yerevan against an electricity price hike shortly after being asked to share its details with the U.S. Embassy in Armenia.
Armenian opposition parties and groups campaigning against the proposed constitutional amendments ahead of a referendum insist the refusal of Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian to take a leave while managing the ruling party’s “Yes” campaign adds to the illegitimacy of the process.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK), which has not joined a newly established anti-government “front”, says it does not mean that the “No” campaign ahead of the controversial constitutional referendum has collapsed.
Two senior members of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) formerly led by businessman Gagik Tsarukian faced serious disciplinary action on Wednesday after refusing to back President Serzh Sarkisian’s controversial constitutional changes.
The National Assembly formally approved on Monday controversial amendments to Armenia’s constitution put forward by President Serzh Sarkisian, paving the way for the conduct of a referendum on them later this year.
A coalition of opposition and civic groups rallied supporters in Yerevan on Friday, again accusing President Serzh Sarkisian of seeking to “perpetuate” his rule and urging Armenians to reject his constitutional changes.
A coalition of opposition and civic groups launched its nationwide campaign against President Serzh Sarkisian’s constitutional changes on Friday with a rally in Gyumri attended by several hundred people.
Zaruhi Postanjian, an outspoken opposition parliamentarian, hit back at Armenia’s post powerful security agency on Wednesday after it accused her of calling for a violent overthrow of the government, a criminal offense under Armenian law.
Armenian National Congress (HAK) leader Levon Ter-Petrosian on Monday reaffirmed his unconditional rejection of the constitutional changes put forward by President Serzh Sarkisian, saying that his opposition party will keep fighting against them.
Just months after threatening street protests against President Serzh Sarkisian’s controversial constitutional reform, the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) endorsed on Friday far-reaching amendments drafted by his administration.
Two Armenian and one Azerbaijani civilians were reportedly wounded on the night from Wednesday to Thursday in apparently intense exchanges of gunfire between rival troops deployed along the western section of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
President Serzh Sarkisian plans to hold the referendum on his far-reaching amendments to Armenia’s constitution before the end of this year, a leading member of his governing Republican Party (HHK) said on Wednesday.
President Serzh Sarkisian has mustered broad-based political support for his efforts to turn Armenia into a parliamentary republic after the end of his final term in office in 2018, his Republican Party (HHK) claimed late on Thursday.
A senior member of a radical Armenian opposition group has been controversially fired by his private employer just days after leading a demonstration outside the presidential palace in Yerevan.
The Armenian authorities have pledged to make “considerable changes” in their draft constitutional amendments in response to objections voiced by the Venice Commission, officials from the Council of Europe body said on Tuesday.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) reaffirmed on Monday its support for President Serzh Sarkisian’s controversial constitutional changes that envisage Armenia’s transition to a parliamentary system of government.
President Serzh Sarkisian formally approved on Friday a package of draft constitutional amendments that envisage Armenia’s transition to a parliamentary system of government fiercely resisted by some opposition groups. (UPDATED)
A prominent member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) on Thursday accused tax authorities and Gagik Tsarukian, one of the country’s richest men, of deliberately causing the collapse of his biggest business.
An Armenian businessman was beaten up and hospitalized over the weekend in an attack which he said was led by Ruben Hayrapetian, a government-linked and reputedly violent tycoon heading the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA).
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