Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian said on Friday that his ORO alliance hopes to form a coalition with other opposition forces and unseat Armenia’s government as a result of the upcoming parliamentary elections.
An opposition alliance headed by former President Levon Ter-Petrosian claimed to be gaining growing voter support on Wednesday as it rallied thousands of people in Yerevan four days before Armenia’s parliamentary elections.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian and his opposition allies rallied several thousand supporters in Yerevan on Tuesday, again calling on Armenians to use the upcoming general elections to change their government.
A senior European Union diplomat reacted on Friday with caution to the controversial arrest of an Armenian opposition figure, Samvel Babayan, urging the authorities in Yerevan to conduct a “transparent” investigation.
Samvel Babayan, Nagorno-Karabakh’s former top military commander close to an Armenian opposition alliance, and two other people were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of smuggling weapons to Armenia.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian denied on Tuesday any connection between former President Robert Kocharian and his electoral alliance with two opposition parties.
An opposition alliance led by former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian accused the Armenian authorities of spreading an “atmosphere of fear” ahead of next month’s parliamentary elections after three of its supports were shot, stabbed and beaten up on Tuesday.
A government loyalist and former police officer fired gunshots in a village near Yerevan on Sunday during a violent dispute with other local residents which followed an election campaign rally held there by an opposition alliance.
Armenia needs the kind of radical reforms that were implemented in neighboring Georgia under former President Mikheil Saakashvili, former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian said during a campaign rally held by his opposition alliance on Friday.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian indicated on Tuesday that his alliance with opposition leaders Vartan Oskanian and Raffi Hovannisian will not seek power-sharing agreements with the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) after next month’s parliamentary elections.
The recently formed Yelk opposition alliance said on Friday that it is ready to reach power-sharing deals with all other contenders in Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections challenging the ruling Republican Party (HHK).
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) rallied several hundred supporters in Yerevan on Wednesday to mark the ninth anniversary of a 2008 government crackdown on opposition protesters which left ten people dead.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian said on Friday that the alliance formed by him and two major opposition parties will not enter into a coalition government with President Serzh Sarkisian as a result of Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
The leaders of a pro-European electoral alliance formed recently by three Armenian opposition parties questioned on Tuesday the opposition credentials of two other new blocs led by former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian and businessman Gagik Tsarukian.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian and former Foreign Ministers Vartan Oskanian and Raffi Hovannisian set up on Monday a new opposition alliance which they said will seek to come to power as a result of Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
Former Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian continued to criticize the state of affairs in Armenia on Friday, saying that the country is beset by a high level of income inequality and social injustice.
Seyran Ohanian, a former defense minister poised to join the Armenian opposition, has denied any responsibility for the deadly 2008 crackdown on opposition protesters in Yerevan that followed a disputed presidential election.
One of the leaders of a newly formed opposition alliance on Friday claimed to have held “very productive” talks with businessman Gagik Tsarukian on Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian gave indications on Monday that he is ready, in principle, to join forces with two former government ministers for challenging the Armenian authorities in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
A court in Yerevan on Monday to sentenced an opposition activist to two years in prison on what he considers trumped-up charges of assaulting a police officer during an anti-government protest staged a year ago.
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