Armenia’s parliamentary opposition parties consider the steps offered by the government to support the economy to be insufficient and call for substantial bailouts to help businesses during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Journalists and civil society representatives in Armenia have voiced their concerns over the restrictions on media imposed under the terms of the coronavirus-conditioned national emergency, calling on the government to “stop the censorship.”
Businessman Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) appears to have refused to cooperate lawyers campaigning for a “no” vote in the upcoming referendum on a government proposal to oust most Constitutional Court judges.
An opposition leader accused the Armenian authorities on Friday of using their administrative resources to try to win the upcoming referendum on their drive to replace most members of the country’s Constitutional Court.
Armenia’s political leadership has insisted that it will not resort to fraud and use government levers to win the upcoming referendum on controversial constitutional changes sought by it.
Parliament speaker Ararat Mirzoyan expressed confidence on Monday that Armenia’s political leadership will win the upcoming referendum on its bid to oust most Constitutional Court judges.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Wednesday warned his political opponents against appealing to Armenia’s Constitutional Court in a bid to scuttle controversial constitutional changes sought by him.
President Armen Sarkissian has validated the parliament’s controversial decision hold a referendum on constitutional changes that would dismiss seven of the nine members of Armenia’s Constitutional Court locked in a bitter dispute with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
A senior lawmaker stressed on Friday that the Armenian authorities are not obliged to consult with the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission before holding a referendum on controversial constitutional changes drafted by them.
A deputy chief of the Armenian police on Wednesday criticized a wealthy businessman close to the country’s former leadership for an angry statement which he made after being briefly detained in Yerevan on Tuesday.
Lilit Makunts, the parliamentary leader of the ruling My Step alliance, said on Wednesday that the Armenian police must explain why they briefly detained at least four activists highly critical of the government.
A political party whose members stormed a police station in Yerevan in 2016 said on Friday that it will no longer support Armenia’s current government and will strive instead for snap general elections.
A retired senior judge appears to have fled Armenia at the weekend immediately after being charged with bribery.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) defended on Monday its decision to expel from its ranks three activists who refused to join anti-government protests staged by the opposition party last month.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) has expelled from its ranks three young members who have publicly objected to recent anti-government protests staged by the opposition party.
The two opposition parties represented in the Armenian parliament categorically rejected on Monday a government proposal to give most Constitutional Court judges financial incentives to resign before the end of their mandate.
A senior pro-government parliamentarian on Monday shrugged off former National Security Service (NSS) Director Artur Vanetsian’s claim that activities financed by U.S. billionaire George Soros in Armenia pose a security risk.
The Armenian government on Monday approved a bill envisaging a stricter punishment for those who drive soldiers to commit suicide.
A pro-government lawmaker has dismissed as cynical the remarks by former President Serzh Sarkisian, who implied during his recent meeting with a U.S. envoy that Armenia lacks real democracy.
Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanian insisted on Friday that long-running efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are not in deadlock, citing more high-level talks planned by Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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