The leader of Union for National Self-determination Paruyr Hayrikyan declined to make any judgement on the local governing bodies election held Sunday treating them as a dismal thing to a man pursuing more lofty goals. He was tuned to speak on absolutely another issue at the briefing held Tuesday after his returning from Lebanon, where he has attended the 15th conference of people parties of European...

Though Vardan Ghukasyan, the present Mayor of Gyumri was re-elected, Manuk Gasparyan, Chair of “Hayrenik u Pativ” (Homeland and Honour) Party is displeased with election results . “There were falsifications, of course. But I must say Vardan Ghukasyan won10.000 of votes. He really works for benefit of Gyumri, unlike the previous one. The Authorities just made falsifications on order not to lose their pave ”,- he says. According to...

“Republic” Party achieved successes in the elections of local government institutions . 205 out of republican candidates proposed in 220 communes won . Galust Sahakyan, the Head of majority in Parliament, comments on the fact this way: “Recently “Republic” Party established structures stronger and consolidated its stances. Besides, Opposition orientated itself to one problem only” . Mr Sahakyan says fact of election bribes and...

It was very difficult today to secure quorum in Parliament after elections of local government institutions . Though more than 70 MPs had been registered before the session began, no quorum was secured for agenda approval voting. Besides, many of MPs were unable to come to Parliament after intensive night of elections. Others (some Opposition ones) were present but didn’t take part in voting. As...

CEC got the first written complaint regarding the elections on October 20 from Gyumri. Some pensioners complained about the election centre which is at a 20 kilometres’ distance from their houses and they were unable to get there . Samvel Khalatyan, candidate for Arabkir Commune Leaders’ posts, an hour earlier the elections found out his surname to be distorted in a voting paper, misprinted Khachatryan instead of Khalatyan . Proxy of...

The preliminary data about results of elections for local government institutions won’t probably be changed. Under preliminary data, Gagik Beglaryan in Kentron Commune got majority of votes . 38. 000 out of 89.464 took part in voting. 21.901 ones voted for Gagik Beglaryan. The present Head Ararat Zurabyan is in the second place. Levon Harutyunyan got the post of Arabkir Commune Head Harutyun...

Elections for local government institutions took place in the homeland of murdered PM Vazgen Sargsyan, Ararat village, too. Yesterday Stepan Vardanyan, the candidate for the village head post informed that elections have never taken place in Ararat in the days of independent Armenia . The other candidate for village head, i.e., both present village head and Vazgen Sargsyan’s uncle Grigor Melkonyan says he hasn’t had any rival at the 2...

Under the preliminary data, Levon Harutyunyan was elected as Arabkir Commune Head in the elections of local government institutions on October 20. He used to head the Trade and Service Department of Yerevan Municipality. He got majority of votes, even taking the lead over the present Head Felix Yayloyan. By voting results, Yayloyan is in the third place . Historian Hovhannes Shahinyan has...

All the election irregularities today were disguised with changes of “Election Law Code” . Such an incident took place in one of polling districts of Kentron Commune. Committee Chair forbade “A1+” shooting team to enter election centre and watch the process of vote calculation . The team was trying to enter there at 7: 55 PM while the law says the election centres are closed at 8 : 00 PM. So any citizen has a right to enter there within...

Presence of the camera team made nervous Ashot Hunanyan, Chair of N 15/50 divisional election committee of Kentron Commune. Acting regardless of the documents introduced by us, Mr Hunanyan began shouting and ordered the policemen to show us the door . His behaviour was not surprising as a protocol on infringements was being made at the moment . Someone had voted instead of Aneta Abrahamyan and...

One of the persons empowered to act for Hovhannes Shahinyan, the candidate for Arabkir Commune head, went for elections with 9 passports at once . But he didn’t succeed to vote instead of the tenants of Gyulbenkyan, 26 a building, in 7/ 22 polling district. It turned even out the names of those people were not in the election lists. “I didn’t take the passports because I didn't want to do harm to them” ,- Anahit Hambardzumyan, the Chair...

Though the president had announced law-enforcement bodies wouldn’t meddle in the election process as far as possible, the police in some polling districts of Erebuni Commune was more active than the voters, Aramazd Zakaryan, the member of “Republic” party political council says . According to the same source, in Talin micro-district of Aragats a special law-enforcement group was brought...

“A person votes few times but the committee head and members don’t interfere”, the candidate for the Kentron community head post Karen Savzyan informed. Minutes for similar 5 cases were composed in 15/54 polling station. 5 observers confirmed authenticity of it. But Hayk Shanoyan, the Chair of divisional election committee says cases for double voting are out of question. “People (proxies) are in stir and they think the same person to vote...

Today afternoon president Robert Kocharyan executed his civic duty in Yerevan Kentron community. President came to vote with his son and daughter. After voting and private talk with the election committee head president answered the journalists questions. Robert Kochryan refused to foretell election results or to say whether the election would be “open and transparent, fair and free” or not....

Today at 10:30 AM the first warning about troubles during the local government elections process was received. Attorney of Ararat Zurabyan – candidate for the post of Yerevan Kentron community head – complains that he was prevented of discharging his obligations. Ararat Zurabyan’s attorney Robert Sinoyan says that the head of the divisional election committee showed him the door. According to...

Speaking on the memorandum being worked out on Dashnaktsutyun party initiative to be sign by various political parties, Hanrapetutyun party activist Tigran Torosyan said: “We are in agreement over the memorandum key principles, but there is still a lot of work to be done until the document is ready”. Today, Dashnaktsutyun’s members met with Ramkavar party leader Ruben Mirzakhanyan. The sides came to conclusion that it is necessary to create...

The third meeting of Armenian-Egyptian inter-governmental commission is over. Armenian and Egyptian officials said they have discussed many issues and signed 5 memorandums within two days. It was decided to build establishment on insulin production and send Armenian specialists to Egypt to get familiar with cotton processing technologies. Egyptian Foreign Minister Faiza Abu Al Ang said she supported Armenia's efforts to become a member of WTO.

Elections of the heads of communities are to be held Sunday throughout the republic. Elections in Yerevan’s communityof Kentron, where two candidates – the current head of the community Ararat Zurabyan and his pro-governmental rival Gagik Beglaryan – are running for the leading post, expected to be most tense. It is also hard to predict the results of the elections in the capital’s another...

8 members of the Local and Territorial CE Congress are to watch the course of local governing bodies election scheduled for Sunday. International observers intend to visit 40 polling stations in Yerevan, Goris, Kapan, Gyumri and Echmiadzin. CE representatives have made it clear that they possess some information about expected election irregularities at a number of polling stations. However they...

The specialists of Egypt’s economy and high technology, headed by Faiza Abu Al Ang, the State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Arab Republic of Egypt, are in Armenia now.

16-party alliance set the date for rally. The rally is scheduled for October 25, since October 27 is the day of commemoration of the October 27 terrorist attack victims. It is not suitable to launch such a noisy action on the day of mourning, Armenian People Party member Vardan Mkrtchyan says. Representatives of the all the political forces were present at the meeting. They discussed the issues related...

Andranik Margaryan, Armenian PM as well as Chair for Business Support Council held a council session. Works carried out within last 9 months were introduced at it. The Council held 4 sessions and discussed about 20 issues during that period . At PM’s suggestion, the report will be published in press. Some documents were represented at today’s session. Discussion of elaborated draft on “Foreign Investments” Armenian Law was deferred till...

Ramkavar Azatakan party will back up Kocharyan's candidature in the 2003 presidential elections . According to party Chair Ruben Mirzakhanyan, Robert Kocharyan is the real candidate for them . "His both inner and economic policy are in keeping with ideology of Ramkavar Azatakan." There is one more reason for their seconding him. "In 1998 Kocharyan and not the former president announced at UNO...

Irina Khakamada, Vice-Speaker of Russian State Duma, visited the Genocide Memorial in Armenia. She paid tribute to victims’ memory, planted a silver fir-tree and went to Genocide Museum. “It is necessary to do so as any possibility for such a genocide could not happen. I think your officials must do their best to achieve that. They must also do their utmost in order that genocide might be recognised by Turkey namely. Of course, the world...