Armenian National Congress (HAK) leader Levon Ter-Petrosian on Wednesday warned his opposition allies against cutting power-sharing deals with President Serzh Sarkisian and urged them to press ahead with joint anti-government rallies planned before Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian’s resignation.
President Serzh Sarkisian and his ruling Republican Party (HHK) have not yet decided who Armenia’s next prime minister will be, a leading HHK member said on Monday.
The parliamentary leaders of Armenia’s four main opposition parties met on Friday to discuss changes in their joint anti-government actions that were necessitated by Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian’s unexpected resignation.
Former President Robert Kocharian insisted through a spokesman on Friday that he does not aspire to be Armenia’s next prime minister following the surprise resignation of Tigran Sarkisian. (UPDATED)
A controversial pension reform will continue to be enforced for now despite being declared unconstitutional by Armenia’s highest court, the government made clear on Thursday amid a renewed uproar from the opposition.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian has urged all political forces opposed to the current government to rally around a common agenda that he believes will help achieve a power change in Armenia.
Armenia’s major opposition-leaning party led by tycoon Gagik Tsarukian has criticized the government over Thursday’s vote against a UN resolution reaffirming Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
The four factions representing the parliament minority are determined to press ahead with the motion of no-confidence in the government in the coming weeks, according to a lawmaker representing a major non-governing Armenian party.
Armenia’s top lawmaker has acknowledged “shortcomings” in the controversial law on the national pension system, promising that changes will be made in it.
President Serzh Sarkisian appealed to Ukrainians and described them as “brothers” of Armenia on Friday as he sought to minimize the fallout from his controversial decision to welcome Crimea’s secession from Ukraine.
Ukraine’s interim government on Thursday refrained from publicly criticizing official Yerevan for accepting the outcome of a disputed referendum in its autonomous republic of Crimea that led to its incorporation into Russia.
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian voiced skepticism at the weekend about cautious anti-government actions favored by Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK), saying that opposition forces should strive for “complete regime change” in the country.
The Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) insisted on Wednesday that it is not seeking President Serzh Sarkisian’s resignation despite increasingly criticizing his government’s economic policies and cooperating with established opposition groups.
Prosperous Armenia Party leader (BHK) Gagik Tsarukian has begun a series of consultations with the country’s main established opposition groups that could lead them to take more forceful joint actions against President Serzh Sarkisian.
Pro-government and opposition lawmakers have proposed a controversial bill that would allow Armenian officials to sue online media outlets for offensive comments made by anonymous readers.
Armenia’s decision to join the Russian-led Customs Union will not have an adverse impact on relations with neighboring Georgia, President Serzh Sarkisian and his visiting Georgian counterpart Giorgi Margvelashvili said after talks on Thursday.
The Armenian authorities remain convinced that their controversial pension reform is necessary but are ready to reconsider some of its details, parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamian said on Tuesday.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK) on Tuesday pressed the pro-government majority in parliament to stop blocking a new inquiry into the 2008 deadly post-election violence in Yerevan.
The Armenian government was in no rush to officially recognize Ukraine’s new authorities on Monday just as the National Assembly in Yerevan observed a minute of silence for more than 80 people killed in last week’s bloody clashes in Kiev.
A group of anti-government activists gatecrashed an international conference organized by the government in Yerevan on Friday in fresh protests against an ongoing reform of Armenia’s national pension system.
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