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Hovhannisyan: Abstention Is Like Voting For The Regime

February 3, 2012
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Today during a meeting with the Press, the Head of ARF-D Parliamentary Faction and Chairman of the Armenian delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Vahan Hovhannisyan referred to Euronest’s latest session and to the work done by the Armenian Delegation. As far as the forthcoming parliamentary elections is concerned Hovhannisyan told the Press that...
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Hovhannesyan: Armenia’s Ecology, Highly Important For ARF-D

January 30, 2012
Teghut mining

A January 25 Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) declaration condemned mining projects in Armenia that disregard the rights of citizens. Among the 44 signatories, 2 are representatives from Armenia: Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) MP Armen Rustamyan and Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan. The statement accused the Armenian government of “violating its...
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Prosperous Armenia Party Joins ARF-D And Heritage In Holding Parliamentary Hearings Call

January 26, 2012
Prosperous, ARF, Heritage letter

According to www.lragir.am the Parliamentary Faction of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) which is part of the coalition government joined today its ARF-D and Heritage (Zharangutyun) opposition parties’ counterparts in calling for parliamentary hearings to discuss the passing to a 100% proportional electoral system. The three factions applied in written, to the Chairman of...
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Galstyan: It’s Responsibility Time For The Political Majority

January 25, 2012
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In her article of January 23 on www.zham.am ARF-D Member of Parliament Lilit Galstyan referring to ARF-D and Heritage parties’ joint forum about the 100% proportional electoral system stressed the fact that in the present political agenda there is one issue uniting parliamentary or extra-parliamentary opposition parties. For reasons that are clearly obvious, the...
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ARF-D: Subject-To-Demolition Residences Should Be Free Of Taxes

January 18, 2012
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Although the government’s negative opinion will be confirmed on the January 19 session by the Ministry of Territorial Administration www.news.am reports that ARF-D Parliamentary Faction’s law amendment on exempting the 3rd and 4th category subject-to-demolishion residences from the property taxation has been turned down. ARF-D Members of Parliament Ara Nranyan, Artashes Shahbazyan and Artsvik...
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Minasyan: Regime Change, The Only Way To Abolish Monopolies

January 14, 2012
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On January 13, representatives from the Armenian National Congress, the Liberal Democrats and ARF-D parties participated in a meeting with the Press, co-organized by the Armenian Center of Political and International Studies and the US Institute for Democracy that was held at the Congress hotel. According to www.azatutyun.am ARF-D Member of Parliament Artsvik Minasyan...
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Minasyan: No Constitutional Obstacles For A 100% Proportional Electoral System

January 11, 2012
elections ballot box

ARF-D Member of Parliament Artsvik Minasyan said to www.mardik.am that the existence of both a proportional and a single-seat constituency lists of parliamentary candidates violates the Constitution of Armenia which states clearly that the MPs have equal rights and act under the same mandate. Minasyan added that there are no constitutional provisions for neither...
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Shahbazyan: 2012, Foreign And Domestic Highs

January 10, 2012
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ARF-D Parliamentary Faction’s Secretary Artashes Shahbazyan stated in Hayots Ashkarh Daily that the most important domestic event to occur in 2012 is the parliamentary elections that will define the political, economical and social life for the coming years. It is higly important to conduct the elections in compliance with the democratic criteria in order...
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Galstyan: Culture And Political Elite Are Correlated

January 9, 2012
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In an interview with www.7or.am (09/01/2012), asked about if she foresees any changes in the fields of education and culture, ARF-D Member of Parliament Lilit Galstyan stated that Armenia is currently facing a values-reviewing issue that has a lot to do with the political elite of the country. “I am convinced, as a political...
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Rustamyan Offers A 2011 Retrospective

December 28, 2011
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At a press conference held today at ARF-D Supreme Council’s “Simon Vratsyan” premises, Armen Rustamyan Chairman of the Council and Member of the Parliament gave the press representatives a retrospective of the Party’s main initiatives taken during 2011. ARF-D started the year by proposing reforms of the Electoral Law. Rustamyan said that the propositions...
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