Communist Party And Democratic Party Clarify Their Disposition

COMMUNIST PARTY AND DEMOCRATIC PARTY CLARIFY THEIR DISPOSITION

Panorama.am
07/05/2012

According to the preliminary results of the Parliamentary elections on
May 6 the Armenian Communist party and Armenian Democratic Party which
didn’t enter the Parliament have not made any statements till now.

As the central coordinator of the organizational department of the
RPA Boris Gyurjyan told panorama.am Communist party is waiting for
its proxies’ reports from the regions. The party will sum up the
reports in a few days and will make corresponding statement.

The office of the Armenian Democrat Party reported that at present
they clarify their disposition and the political party will soon make
a statement.

Parliamentary Elections Showed How Degraded Armenian Society Has Bec

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SHOWED HOW DEGRADED ARMENIAN SOCIETY HAS BECOME – POLITICAL TECHNOLOGIST

news.am
May 08, 2012 | 09:45

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s National Assembly (NA) elections on May 6 were
not elections, but rather a financial event, political technologist
Armen Badalyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“The elections are when the population manifests a will and changes
the authorities by the right given to it by the law. The society’s
political attitude is manifested during elections, and this happened
in France. In Armenia [, however,] everything was different. A desired
schematic was formed, [and] then-[and] with the help of money-they
turned it into a real picture,” he said.

“It is meaningless for the Republicans [i.e., the ruling Republican
Party of Armenia (RPA)] to form a coalition. They can do what they
want without it,” Armen Badalyan added.

Commenting on the opposition bloc Armenian National Congress’ entry to
the NA, he noted that the matter of being or not being is unimportant.

“No matter who is in the legislative body, the levers are in the
RPA’s hands. The others can change nothing,” Badalyan repeated.

The political technologist also noted that May 6 showed how degraded
the Armenian society is.

“People are going after who gives how much money, and not [after]
ideas,” Armen Badalyan concluded.

To note, Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission has issued the
preliminary results of the May 6 parliamentary elections. Five parties
and one political bloc will be represented in the 131-seat National
Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia: Republican Party of Armenia – 44.05%
(663,066 votes), Prosperous Armenia Party – 30.20% (454,684 votes),
Armenian National Congress – 7.10% (106,910 votes), Heritage Party –
5.79% (87,095 votes), ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party – 5.73% (86, 296 votes),
and Orinats Yerkir Party – 5.49% (82,690 votes).

Sundukyan Theatre Will Present Shakespeare’s "King John" Performance

SUNDUKYAN THEATRE WILL PRESENT SHAKESPEARE’S “KING JOHN” PERFORMANCE IN GREAT BRITAIN

ARMENPRESS
8 May, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MAY 8, ARMENPRESS: National academic theatre after G.
Sundukyan will present Shakespeare’s “King John” performance in Great
Britain’s “Globus” theatre on May 16-17. Armenpress was informed from
the Ministry of Culture of Armenia that reporter Kler Olfry had come
to Yerevan to elucidate the process of attempts and to meet with the
creative team of “King John” performance. She was present at the main
attempt of “King John” performance on April 2 and shared her emotions
in English Medias. The reporter said: “Although the performance was
in Armenian language it was comprehensible and very impressive”.

On April 23 in Great Britain started the international cultural
Olympiad which goes on 6 months and in frame of which the Performing
Arts festival of famous playwright William Shakespeare and his immortal
creations titled Globe to Globe will be held. So far in 2011 Festival
Organizing Committee chose 37 best theatres from theaters of 200
countries which will present Shakespeare theatrical in 37 languages.

Prosperous Armenia Party Leader Delivers Post-Election Message

PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY LEADER DELIVERS POST-ELECTION MESSAGE

news.am
May 08, 2012 | 17:25

YEREVAN. – Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) leader Gagik Tsarukyan
delivered a post-election message expressing his gratitude to the
citizens “who had voted willingly and consciously.”

He thanked all those 450, 000 voters, who believed in Tsarukyan
and voted for the PAP. He also thanked his team-partners for their
huge work.

“There is nothing precious than trust of people,” Tsarukyan emphasized.

There is no big deal than solving problems existing in the state and
easing concerns of people.

Tsarukyan guaranteed that his further political decisions will be
discussed and agreed with his team-partners, while all his political
steps will be open and transparent and acceptable for people.

"Arabo" Detachment Commander Considers Liberation Of Shoushi To Be T

“ARABO” DETACHMENT COMMANDER CONSIDERS LIBERATION OF SHOUSHI TO BE THE PLEDGE OF FURTHER VICTORIES

ARMENPRESS
8 May, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MAY 8,ARMENPRESS: Shoushi’s Liberation day must become the
holiday of Armenian nation not depended on any political situation.

Commander of “Arabo” detachment Manvel Eghizaryan told about this
during the press conference on May 8. “This day must be made as
holiday and put forward of existing negative phenomenon. Armenian
men are soldiers since birth and we must choose those people who can
lead them” said Eghizaryan as Armenpress reports. He mentioned that
has not the right to stand before unhappy fact.

“The fact that the enemy’s army is big does not mean anything as being
strong is important. We must solve the issue of our country’s security
which will be able to say convincing word to the nation. Military
spirit is in everyone, it must only be woken up” noticed the commander
of “Arabo” detachment. In his words during the liberation of Shoushi
Armenians spiritually strengthened and the opponent weakened.

Eghizaryan is sure that Armenian army must be strengthened every day,
an image of Armenian soldier and officer must be created.

Half Of Married Women In Armenia Do Not Want To Have Babies Anymore

HALF OF MARRIED WOMEN IN ARMENIA DO NOT WANT TO HAVE BABIES ANYMORE

news.am
May 08, 2012 | 04:08

58 percent of married women in Armenia do not want to have babies
anymore and 13 percent want to postpone pregnancy for 2 years,
Armenia’s National Statistics Service reports.

The survey was conducted among 5,922 women (ages 15 – 49) in all
Armenian regions.

According to the survey, the average ideal child number for Armenian
women is 2.5, for Armenia men it is 2.7.

Armenia’s Police Chief Celebrates Republican Party’s Victory, Too –

ARMENIA’S POLICE CHIEF CELEBRATES REPUBLICAN PARTY’S VICTORY, TOO – NEWSPAPER

news.am
May 08, 2012 | 07:25

YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Chief of Police, Vladimir Gasparyan, likewise
attended the ruling Republican Party of Armenia’s (RPA) banquet on
Monday, Hraparak daily writes.

“We attempted to ascertain from Gasparyan himself as to why he decided
to personally attend the political party event.

Why are you attending the RPA’s banquet? Is your position not
apolitical?

The Police Chief is invited when there are mass gatherings… we
monitor the operative status (he laughs).

But this is a political event[?]

What significance does that have? I am the Police Chief of this
country. I could be here, too, [and] tomorrow be invited to the
[opposition bloc Armenian National] Congress, the Prosperous [Armenia
Party (PAP)]

Are you confident that the PAP will invite you?

And how!

Why have they invited you, when they are celebrating their victory
[in the May 6 National Assembly elections]?

They are doing a very good thing. And I came to see whether or not
they have drunk too much (he laughs),” Hraparak writes.

Erdogan : La Turquie N’Acceptera Pas Que La France Lie Son Adhesion

ERDOGAN : LA TURQUIE N’ACCEPTERA PAS QUE LA FRANCE LIE SON ADHESION A UNE RECONNAISSANCE DU GENOCIDE
Ara

armenews.com
mardi 8 mai 2012

ANKARA, 07 mai 2012 – Le Premier ministre turc Recep Tayyip
Erdogan a annonce s’attendre a des changements dans les relations
turco-francaises après l’election du socialiste Francois Hollande a
la presidence francaise.

“Nous esperons que la nouvelle periode en France sera très differente
de la precedente dans les rapports turco-francais”, a-t-il dit
dimanche soir aux journalistes a Ankara avant de partir pour une
visite en Slovenie.

Il a souhaite que “les messages populistes exprimes lors de la
campagne” presidentielle francaise ne se reflètent pas dans la
pratique, en politique. Dans un tel cas de figure, a affirme M.

Erdogan, “cela aura un impact defavorable sur les relations
Turquie-France”.

Concernant le president sortant, Nicolas Sarkozy, très impopulaire en
Turquie parmi le gouvernement et l’opinion publique a cause notamment
de son opposition a une adhesion de la Turquie a l’Union europeenne,
M. Erdogan a indique qu’il n’avait plus d’autre option que “de
partir en vacances”. “M. Sarkozy avait promis de ne plus continuer
en politique. Il n’a plus d’autre choix. Il partira sans doute en
vacances”, a-t-il ajoute.

En Slovenie, M. Erdogan a fait remarquer que la Turquie avait toujours
eu de meilleurs rapports avec les socialistes francais qu’avec les
conservateurs. “Nous avons toujours eu une meilleure communication avec
les partis sociaux-democrates (en France) et ils nous ont toujours
soutenu sur cette question” de l’adhesion turque a l’UE, a declare
M. Erdogan lundi lors d’une conference de presse conjointe avec son
homologue slovène Janez Jansa. “J’espère que l’attitude de la France
sera bien plus positive, bien plus constructive, c’est notre attente”,
a-t-il ajoute.

Il a cependant prevenu le nouveau president : la Turquie
n’acceptera pas que la France tente de lier son adhesion a l’UE a une
reconnaissance par Ankara du genocide armenien, une “attitude negative”
developpee par Nicolas Sarkozy, selon M. Erdogan.

“Si une telle politique doit etre poursuivie, nous devrons reevaluer
notre perspective”, a-t-il dit.

Armenie : Le Parti Au Pouvoir Remporte Les Legislatives, Critiques D

ARMENIE : LE PARTI AU POUVOIR REMPORTE LES LEGISLATIVES, CRITIQUES DE L’OSCE
Stephane

armenews.com
mardi 8 mai 2012

Le parti du president Serge Sarkissian a remporte les elections
legislatives de dimanche en Armenie, selon les resultats publies
lundi, lors d’un scrutin aux allures de test, mais qui a ete mine,
par des manquement a la democratie, a estime l’OSCE.

Le Parti republicain de M. Sarkissian arrive en tete avec 44,05%
des voix, suivie par son allie dans la coalition gouvernementale, le
mouvement Armenie Prospère, dirige par un millionnaire et ex-champion
de Bras de fer, Gaguik Tsaroukian, qui recueille 30,20% des suffrages,
après depouillement de tous les bureaux de vote.

En troisième position, le mouvement d’opposition Congrès national
armenien, dirigee par un ancien president, Levon Ter-Petrossian,
fer de lance de la contestation en 2008, obtient 7,10% des voix,
selon ces resultats publies sur le site de la Commission centrale.

Trois autres parties, Heritage, la Federation revolutionnaire
armenienne et Etat de droit, ont reussi a depasser le seuil des 5%
et devraient obtenir des sièges a l’Assemblee.

L’Organisation pour la cooperation et la securite en Europe OSCE) a
estime dans un rapport lundi que les elections avaient ete minees par
des manquements a la democratie et que les “engagements internationaux
pris par l’Armenie n’avaient pas ete respectes”.

Le scrutin de dimanche etait considere comme un test pour cette
ex-republique sovietique du Caucase, dont c’est la première election
au niveau national depuis la presidentielle de 2008.

A l’epoque, la victoire de M. Sarkissian avait declenche des
manifestations de l’opposition qui ont degenere en affrontements
après l’intervention de la police, faisant 10 morts.

“L’Armenie merite d’etre saluee pour ses reformes electorales
et la campagne qui s’est deroulee dans une ambiance Pacifique et
transparente, mais plusieurs acteurs du processus ont souvent echoue a
respecter la loi et les commissions electorales ont echoue a la faire
respecter”, ont declare les observateurs de l’OSCE dans un communique.

L’OSCE a par ailleurs deplore la pression exercee sur les electeurs
qui a cree “des inegalites” dans la campagne ainsi que le manque de
“confiance” des Armeniens dans le processus electoral.

Les autorites de ce pays de 3,3 millions d’habitants avaient promis
des elections transparentes et democratiques pour l’attribution des
131 sièges de l’Assemblee nationale et eviter de nouveaux debordements.

“Je veux que tout soit calme, Pacifique et en conformite avec la
loi aujourd’hui. C’est la garantie pour le progrès”, avait declare
dimanche soir le president Sarkissian.

Une alliance d’observateurs composee d’Armenie Prospère et du mouvement
Congrès national armenien a cependant exprime “des doutes sur la
legitimite du processus electoral”.

Le mouvement Congrès national armenien a dès lors appele a une
manifestation a Erevan mardi soir.

La campagne electorale a ete dominee par les problèmes economiques
de ce pays confronte a un important chômage, a la corruption, et
qui pâtit de la fermeture de ses frontières avec l’Azerbaïdjan et la
Turquie en raison d’un conflit territorial.

L’Azerbaïdjan et l’Armenie se disputent depuis la chute de l’URSS le
contrôle du Nagorny-Karabakh, une region secessionniste azerbaïdjanaise
peuplee majoritairement d’Armeniens.

Par ailleurs, la Turquie, alliee de Bakou, et l’Armenie sont divisees
sur la question du genocide armenien sous l’empire ottoman (1915-1917).

On Occasion Of May Triple Holidays NKR President Awarded Freedom Fig

ON OCCASION OF MAY TRIPLE HOLIDAYS NKR PRESIDENT AWARDED FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND VETERANS

ARMENPRESS
20:40, 7 May, 2012

On 7 May in connection with the Victory Holiday, the Day of the NKR
Defense Army and the Liberation of Shoushi President Bako Sahakyan
held a solemn ceremony of awarding.

The Head of the State congratulated the attendees on the end handed
in awards to a group of people.

The President underlined in his speech that the great May victories
proved to the whole world the ability of the Armenian nation to protect
its motherland, create an independent statehood and continuously
strengthen it As Armenpress was informed from the Central Information
Department of the Office of the ARTSAKH REPUBLIC President.

Primate of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, chairman of the National Assembly Ashot
Ghoulyan, premier Ara Haroutyunyan, members of political parties and
non-governmental organizations, veterans of the Great Patriotic and
Artsakh Liberation Wars, other officials, guests arrived from the
Republic of Armenia and the Diaspora partook at the ceremony.

In connection with the Victory Day, the Day of the NKR Defence Army
and 20th anniversary of the Liberation of Shoushi President Bako
Sahakyan signed several decrees on awarding.

For exclusive bravery and personal courage shown during the defence
of the Motherland two individuals were awarded with the Battle Cross
Order of the first degree, three people were decorated with the Battle
Cross Order of the second degree.

For personal bravery and courage shown in the course of the military
and combat actions the medal “For Courage” was awarded to 42
individuals, 18 of them posthumously.

For contribution to successful performance of combat missions, raising
combat readiness of the forces as well as courage shown while defending
state borders 620 individuals, 20 of them posthumously were awarded
with the medal “For Service in Battle”.

For personal bravery shown during the battles for the liberation of
Shoushi 57 individuals, 8 of them posthumously were awarded with the
Medal “For Liberation of Shoushi”.

“Mesrop Mashtots” order was awarded to two individuals, four people
were decorated with the “Vachagan Barepasht” medal, 12 individuals and
“Howard Karagyozyan” Medical Benevolent Non-Governmental Organization
(USA) were awarded with “Gratitude” medal.

For substantial contribution to the development of physical culture
and sports one individual was conferred a title of the NKR Honoured
Worker of Physical Culture and Sports

On the same day the President signed an order on presenting 5 freedom
fighters with VAZ-2115 cars.

The Head of the State also signed an order on handing in valuable
gifts to a group of the Great Patriotic War veterans, servicemen of
the Defence Army, Artsakh soldiers-liberators, relatives of perished
and missing freedom fighters. Overall 200 people were awarded in
accordance with the decrees.