Author: Badalian Vardan

NIKOL PACHINIAN DEMANDE L’ANNULATION DE LA CANDIDATURE DE SON ADVERSAIRE SAMVEL ALEXANIAN
Stephane

armenews.com
mercredi 2 mai 2012

Le redacteur en chef de Haykakan Jamanak, Nikol Pachinian, candidat
au scrutin majoritaire dans une circonscription a Erevan, a demande a
la Commission electorale locale d’annuler la candidature de l’homme
d’affaires Samvel Alexanian, puisque celui-ci aurait ouvertement
viole le Code electoral, en distribuant de l’argent et en donnant des
promesses de pot-de-vin lors d’une rencontre dans une ecole secondaire
de cette circonscription. M. Alexanian, qui a dementi avoir distribue
de l’argent, a en outre menace de traduire en justice le quotidien
Joxovurd qui l’avait denonce.

Ambassade de France en Armenie

Service de presse

ARMENIANS AGAINST MILITARY SERVICE OF THEIR SONS IN NAGORNO KARABAKH

APA
May 1 2012
Azerbaijan

Seyran Ohanyan’s absurd response to mother of suicide-soldier:
“Armenian citizen Torgom Sarukhanyan’s compulsory military service
in Nagorno Karabakh is beyond the power of Armenian defense ministry”

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov – APA. Parents of Armenian soldiers are against
the military service of their sons in Karabakh. APA reports quoting
the Armenian mass media that mother of soldier Torgom Sarukhanyan, who
committed suicide during his military service in Karabakh in February,
2011, Lena Sarukhanyan called the service of Armenian citizens in
so-called “Nagorno Karabakh Army” illegal and demanded explanation.

Lena Sarukhanyan addressed the defense ministry, prime minister,
military prosecutor and ombudsman and asked to explain why the Armenian
citizens are sent to Karabakh for military service. Defense minister
Seyran Ohanyan gave unclear answer to her letter. The minister said:
“Compulsory military service by resident of Gumru city, citizen of
Armenia Torgom Sarukhanyan in Nagorno Karabakh is beyond the power
of Armenia’s defense ministry”.

The military prosecutor said that according to the 46th article of
Armenia’s Constitution, every citizen is obliged to participate in
defense of Armenia. According to the law on military service, the
citizens at age of 18-27 are obliged to do military service in the
Armenian armed forces.

The soldier’s parent is planning to launch campaign against the
military service of Armenia’s young citizens in Karabakh.

Armenia officially declared itself as a guarantee of security of
Nagorno Karabakh, but it doesn’t officially recognize the independence
of Nagorno Karabakh.

AZERBAIJANI PARLIAMENTARIANS STRONGLY RESPOND TO CRITICISM BY SOME FORCES IN GERMANY

APA
May 1 2012
Azerbaijan

Baku. Parvin Abbasov – APA. Azerbaijani parliamentarians have strongly
responded to criticism by some forces in Germany against Azerbaijan.

APA reports that MP Chingiz Ganizadeh said that this criticism is
led by Bundestag’s Green Party faction and ombudsman of Germany,
as well as some persons in Azerbaijan.

MP Fazail Ibrahimli criticized Germany and said that Armenian lobby
is behind of this campaign.

Deputy Chairman of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) Ali Ahmadov said
that some forces in Germany pursue tactics against Azerbaijan and
German ambassador to Azerbaijan is among them.

Speaker Asadov said that AZN 1500 for one square meter was given
to the owners of houses which were removed and this amount allows
building or repairing a new house.

YAP’s deputy executive secretary Siyavush Novruzov said that the
matter is not Germany: “German ambassador said that he couldn’t
remain indifferent to the removal of houses in Baku. How can he be
indifferent to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, refugees and
internally displaced persons?”

Novruzov said that there is an Islamphobia in Germany and he brought
photos to the parliament in proof of it and demonstrated photos:
“They put a sign of ban on the mosques. Let them come and learn
tolerance in Azerbaijan”.

YAP’s deputy executive secretary Mubariz Gurbanli condemned the German
ambassador to Azerbaijan for his interference in internal affairs
of the country and said that it is contrary to the international
conventions.

POLITICIAN: MOST OF ARMENIAN POLITICIANS ARE USED TO TAKE THE REGIME’S DECISIONS FOR GRANTED

arminfo
Wednesday, May 2, 18:30

Most of the Armenian politicians grew up in the Soviet times and
are used to take the regime’s decisions for granted, unlike Raffi
Hovhannisian who grew up in the United States, a country of the law,
says Arman Mushegyan, the head of the World Without Obstacles NGO,
who is the 10th on the party ticket of Heritage, the party led by
Hovhannisian.

He says that Heritage is the only party where inter-personal relations
are not a priority.

Being a disabled person Mushegyan says that he supports the party
because Heritage was the only force to speak up for disabled people
in the Parliament.

Mushegyan says that the rights of disabled people are strongly violated
in Armenia even though the country is signatory to the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. “We must change the whole
system and the very approach to this problem and must punish all those
who charge money from disable people for medical services and refuse
to employ them,” Mushegyan said.

He believes that Heritage has high chances at the May 6 parliamentary
elections and will get much more seats in the next parliament than
it has in the current one.

ARMENIA’S REPUBLICAN PARTY URGES TO VOTE FOR GAGIK TSARUKYAN

news.am
May 02, 2012 | 13:57

YEREVAN.- President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan called on the Abovyan
residents to vote for leader of Prosperous Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan
during the upcoming parliamentary elections.

Serzh Sargsyan visited Kotayk Region on Wednesday to meet with
the voters.

“I understand that there is a heated struggle in Kotayk Region, many
people have their position but I do urge to vote in a way that you will
not have to regret. I came here to urge people vote for the Republican
Party, our single-mandate candidate Hamlet Hayrapetyan,” he said.

President Sargsyan also called to vote for coalition partner Gagik
Tsarukyan who is running for parliament in another electoral district
of Kotayk Region.

The Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) is a ruling conservative party
in Armenia founded on 2 April, 1990, and registered on 14 May, 1991,
being the first officially registered sociopolitical organization in
the independent Republic of Armenia.

Since 2003, the Republican Party is a core member of the ruling
coalition along with the Prosperous Armenia and Orinats Yerkir
parties. RPA has majority of seats in the Armenian parliament since
2003.

The Republican Party of Armenia will run in the parliamentary
elections under its new slogan: “Let us believe to change!” The
Party’s proportional list includes 253 names.

RPA has also nominated MP candidates with the majority election system
in 33 electoral districts.

IRAN, ARMENIA DISCUSS CONSULAR ISSUES IN TEHRAN

news.am
May 02, 2012 | 15:34

The eighth joint consultation on consular issues was held between
the Foreign Ministries of Iran and Armeni on May 1-2.

After the meeting held in Tehran, the sides signed a memorandum of
understanding.

The participants touched upon the issues related to the meeting in
customs station Nurduz-Meghri and cooperation to fight drug trafficking
in Armenia and Iran.

EXPERT: PARTIES WILL USE SILENCE DAY TO BRIBE VOTERS

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 2, 2012 – 13:57 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The election campaign was monotonous, inconsequent
and even passive, Nvard Melkonian, head of SPRING PR company told
journalists on May 2.

Expert in political technologies Karen Kocharyan shares his colleague’s
viewpoint saying opposition candidate Nikol Pashinyan’s 30-second
statement was the most successful one in this campaign, which, however,
the Armenian National Congress failed to use it properly.

“This was one of the best moves in this campaign, I think,” Kocharyan
said stated.

According to the expert, the election silence preceding the voting
day will be the most active day of the campaign, and parties “will be
much active in silently distributing the money [for electoral bribes]”.

Experts claim that TV broadcasting was quite free during the election
campaign. TV demonstrated “openness never seen for the past 20 years;
all mass media were open”, according to them.

“We’ve never had so many open platforms, and not only on TV, during
the past years. One just needs to make use of it,” Melkonyan said.

MAN WHO JUMPED OFF YEREVAN BRIDGE WAS ATTORNEY

news.am
May 03, 2012 | 15:38

YEREVAN. – The person, who committed suicide Thursday in Armenia’s
capital Yerevan, was an attorney.

According to our sources, he was Norayr Mikayelyan-a lawyer at the
Chamber of Lawyers of Armenia-, who left a suicide note before plunging
to his death.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, an approximately 50-year-old
man threw himself off of Yerevan’s Kiev Bridge on Thursday. The Police
Press Service also confirmed this information by Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Police officers, a rescue squad, and an emergency medical team are
on location.

HERITAGE CANDIDATES CONFIDENT THE PARTY WILL GET MORE SEATS IN THE NEXT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Alisa Gevorgyan

“Radiolur”
02.05.2012 15:40

The more oppositionists are represented in the National Assembly,
the better for the public, Tevan Poghosyan and Arman Musheghyan told
reporters today. Both are included in the proportional list of the
Heritage Party.

They called on voters to cast their ballot guided by the results of
activity of the parties during the past five years rather than the
speeches and promises made during the election campaign.

Both candidates are ruining for parliament with concrete programs. If
elected, Arman Musheghyan will represent the interests of the
disabled in the National Assembly. “The handicapped persons must not
be conceived as a social burden. They should be full members of the
society,” Musheghyan said.

Both give a positive assessment to the election campaign. Tevan
Poghosyan is confident that the Heritage will get more seats in the
next parliament.

RPA WILL NEVER BECOME OPPOSITION – PARTY MEMBER

PanARMENIAN.Net
May 2, 2012 – 13:49 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – Vice-chairman of the ruling Republican Party of
Armenia (RPA) Galust Sahakyan sees no prerequisites for RPA to become
opposition.

He does not believe RPA may fail at the upcoming parliamentary
elections and turn into opposition.

“This is mere fantasy; there are no pre-conditions for it,” he told
a press conference on May 2.

According to Sahakyan, immediately after the May 6 vote RPA will start
preparing for the next parliamentary elections, “not to mention the
presidential elections” due in 2013.

Top members of the RPA proportional list include Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan, former speaker of the National Assembly Hovik
Abrahamyan and Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.

Parliamentary elections are due in Armenia on May 6 featuring 8
political parties (Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Prosperous
Armenia, ARF Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD), Orinats Yerkir, Heritage,
Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA), Communist Party of Armenia and
United Armenian party, as well as one election bloc represented by
opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC).