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ARF-D Parliamentarians Criticize Government’s Economic Policies

November 10, 2011
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Nranyan: ARF-D will assess the draft law on taxation after the final version is out ARF-D Member of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs of the Parliament Ara Nranyan stated that ARF-D reserves the right to assess the draft law on taxation after the government publicizes the final version. Nranyan also said that the...
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Armen Rustamyan: Palestine’s precedent gives the Mountainous Karabakh representatives the right to be represented in Council of Europe

October 5, 2011
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Interview with Armen Rustamyan, a member of the Armenian Delegation to PACE, Head of the Armenian Parliament Foreign Relations Commission, parliamentarian from ARF-Dashnaktsutyun by Oksana Musaelyan ArmInfo The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has voted to grant “Partner for democracy” status to the Palestinian National Council (PNC). The Armenian Delegation takes...
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ARF-D MP Minasyan sees serious debt danger

September 30, 2011
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In an interview with 1in.am, ARF-D Member of Parliament, Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on Financial, Credit and Budgetary Affairs of the Parliament, Artsvik Minasyan said that a second economic crisis is possible and will emerge not in the real estate sector, such as previously, but in the financial one and in particular...
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ARF-D also demands RoA President Serzh Sargsyan’s resignation

September 30, 2011
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On September 29, during a press conference at the Slaq press club, ARF-D Bureau member Vahan Hovhannesyan said that ARF-D follows its own path to the forthcoming elections. Hovhannesyan pointed out, that when it comes to fraud it makes no difference whether the elections are regular or special. The party favors a total change...
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ARF-D Bureau Chairman Says Kocharian Comeback Possible

May 11, 2011
ARF-D Bureau Chairman Says Kocharian Comeback Possible

Former President Robert Kocharian could return to the political arena ahead of Armenia’s next presidential election due in 2013, a leader of a major political party that supported him during his rule said on Wednesday. “Political forecasts is not a good thing, but I think that Robert Kocharian will become active after the ...
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ARF-D Bureau Chairman Worried About Snap Polls

April 20, 2011
ARF-D Bureau Chairman Worried About Snap Polls

President Serzh Sargsyan could call fresh parliamentary elections soon in an effort to maximize his and his allies’ chances of holding on to power, a leader of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun said on Wednesday. Hrant Margaryan, chairman of the party’s governing Bureau, also acknowledged that the rival Armenian National Congress (HAK) of former...
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The Karabakh issue: From the UN General Assembly to the Armenian National Assembly

September 14, 2010
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Lilit Galstyan: Yerevan must be more proactive In a September 10 interview with www.news.am ARF-D parliamentary faction member Lilit Galstyan said the fact that Azerbaijan withdrew its proposed draft resolution, “The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan: Observance of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan”...
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From discipline within the country’s armed forces to foreign language education

September 10, 2010
ARF-D parliamentarians Lilit Galstyan and Hrayr Karapetyan

During parliamentary hearings, on September 8, regarding a proposed draft law for disciplinary procedures within Armenia’s Armed Forces, Hrayr Karapetyan, ARF-D parliamentary member and chair of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs, said: “We have to be very well aware that the army, the armed forces is fundamentally different...
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ARF-D Leaders in the News

August 23, 2010
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Vahan Hovhannisyan weighs in on upcoming CSTO Summit In an interview with Aravot daily in mid-August, ARF Dashnaktsutyn Bureau member Vahan Hovhannesyan spoke about the upcoming informal Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Summit to be held in Armenia. “I would like to expect the best from the summit and note certain advantages for Armenia...
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Russian, American and Azerbaijani intentions discussed with Dashnaktsutyun reps

August 9, 2010
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Russian Railways’ plans In an interview with the daily Aravot on August 6, Ara Nranyan a member of the ARF-D faction in the Armenian parliament said, “The leadership of the South Caucasus Railways (SCR) and Russian Railways has close ties to Azerbaijan’s political elite.” According to the parliamentarian the SCR is pursuing the creation...
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