Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian made a surprise appearance on Friday at a meeting of the parliamentary leaders of Armenia’s main opposition parties to again discuss with them uncertainty surrounding the government’s controversial pension reform.
President Serzh Sarkisian maintains his hold on power and remains in full control of political processes in Armenia after the resignation of his government, the ruling Republican Party (HHK) insisted on Thursday.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) said on Thursday that it will not join a new governing coalition which President Serzh Sarkisian is trying to form following the recent resignation of his current cabinet. (UPDATED)
Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) reiterated on Monday that it will not take up any ministerial posts in the new Armenian government to be formed by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian.
Gagik Tsarukian’s Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and two leading established opposition groups announced no concrete agreements on Friday following an unprecedented meeting of their top leaders.
A referendum on constitutional changes planned by the Armenian authorities will likely take place by the beginning of 2016, the chairman of the country’s Constitutional Court, Gagik Harutiunian, said on Thursday.
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.
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