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Armenian Tycoons Among Ruling Party’s Election Candidates
Մայիս 25, 2021
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A senior representative of Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract party confirmed on Tuesday reports that at least two wealthy businessmen will be on its list of candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections.
The businessmen, Khachatur Sukiasian and Gurgen Arsenian, have supported Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian ever since he swept to power in the 2018 “velvet revolution.” They have remained loyal to him even after Armenia’s defeat in last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh which precipitated the snap elections scheduled for June 20.
Sukiasian used to be a staunch supporter of former President Levon Ter-Petrosian, having made his fortune during the latter’s 1991-1998 rule. He openly backed Ter-Petrosian in the February 2008 presidential election in which the ex-president was the main opposition candidate.
Pashinian Confirms Draft Border Deal With Azerbaijan (UPDATED)
Մայիս 20, 2021
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Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian on Thursday admitted that Armenia and Azerbaijan are close to signing a Russian-brokered agreement on the demarcation of their border but denied a prominent critic’s claims that it will be heavily tilted in favor of Baku.
Mikael Minasian, a former Armenian ambassador to the Vatican, publicized on Wednesday what he described as a copy of the first page of a draft joint statement by Pashinian and the presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia.
The opening paragraph of the hitherto unknown document calls for the creation of an Armenian-Azerbaijani commission on border delimitation and demarcation. The rest of the page posted by Minasian on Facebook is blacked out.
Armenian Parliament Inches Closer To Dissolution
Մայիս 03, 2021
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The Armenian parliament took the first step towards its dissolution on Monday one week after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian resigned to pave the way for snap general elections aimed at ending a political crisis in the country.
Armenia’s constitution stipulates that such elections can be held only if the prime minister resigns and the parliament twice fails to elect a new head of the government within two weeks. Pashinian and his cabinet formally stepped down for that purpose on April 25.
Deputies representing the parliament’s pro-government majority did not reelect him or install another premier. They will vote again next Monday.
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YEREVAN When Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian signed a Russian-brokered cease-fire in November to end the war with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, it created a tumultuous postwar crisis that has eroded public confidence in Yerevan s political establishment.
Opinion polls show the approval rating of Pashinian s government has fallen from about 60 percent in September 2020 to around 30 percent today.
Pashinian s allies faced with political upheaval and declining public confidence in politicians are now working to change the country s election laws ahead of snap parliamentary elections expected in June.
The 45-year-old Pashinian s My Step alliance is revamping parts of the Electoral Code that were put in place in 2016 by his predecessors, the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), two years before the Velvet Revolution swept him into office.