Caretaker Prime Minister of Armenia, the leader of the ''Civil Contract'' party Nikol Pashinyan officially announced that he is ready to exchange his son with the Armenian POWs kept in Azerbaijan. Pashinyan said in a meeting with the residents of Aparan, responding to the announcement of the 3rd President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, saying that Pashinyan should exchange his son with 20-25 war prisoners. ‘’I'm officially telling Aliyev, I exchange my son with all the war prisoners’’, Pashinyan announced. |armenpress.am|
The Central Electoral Commission invalidated the registration of Mihran Poghosyan, the former head of The Compulsory Enforcement Service of the Ministry of Justice, as a candidate for MP from the "I have Honor" ("Pativ unem") alliance.
During a campaign trip to Aragatsotn province, Nikol Pashinyan, the PM candidate of the "Civil Contract" party vowed to carry out staff purges and vendettas against the leaders of the communities who are trying to force the people. He emphasized that those are not going to be physical violence., but political and civil vendettas.
Central Electoral Commission has decided that the posters of Robert Kocharyan's book are associated with the pre-electoral campaign. The decision was adopted during its session today. The CEC acknowledged the election campaign poster as an advertisement of Robert Kocharyan’s book. The chairman of the CEC Tigran Mukuchyan mentioned that the definition of association is not given by the Code, but said that it is natural, as it is an assessment, which the territorial election commissions and the Central Electoral Commission have the right to do. |hetq.am|
10 political forces have issued a joint statement on the pre-election TV debates initiated by Public Television of Armenia, noting that the election of the participants has been unfair. The parties think that the organizers of the debates have adopted an unfair principle, as a result of which 13 parties participating in the elections were deprived of the opportunity to debate with any of the old parties and the people who are responsible for this situation in the country. They called on the organizers to review the principles of electing the participants and to organize the pre-election debate on a new, fair principle, otherwise, they will refuse to take part in it.
The leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" party Gagik Tsarkuyan assures that he keeps his word and that he will not form a coalition with Nikol Pashinyan after the elections. He told the citizens that he is going only with his team and in order to implement his plans, a large number of votes is needed. |factor.am|
Armenia’s acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will be on holiday from June 7-18 inclusive to engage in the electoral campaign.
Within the framework of the snap parliamentary elections, the Public Television of Armenia has initiated TV debates entitled "Armenia Votes", to which representatives of all 26 political forces participating in the elections will be invited. Candidates will have the opportunity to present their election programs and position on key issues․ The TV debates will take place in the main hall of the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex, where the largest Public TV pavilion was built, specially designed for filming the pre-election debates of the 2021 parliamentary elections. The debates will be broadcast on June 8, 11, 16, and 17 at 22:00.
12 parties that held a founding congress after the amendments to the Law on Parties were registered, have received state registration. Infocom was present at the founding congresses of 5 of these parties, noting that only in 2 cases was the number of founding members at least 300. That is, after the amendments to the Law on Parties, the Ministry of Justice gave state registration to at least 4 parties, which held their founding congresses in violation of the law, without providing 300 founding members. Of those four parties, "Fair Armenia" and "United Homeland" will participate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, and "Shant" alliance and "Nation-Army-Homeland" are not on the list of parties participating in the elections. Among the newly created parties, the pan-Armenian "National-Democratic Pole", "Rise" ("Verelk"), "Liberal", "Sovereign Armenia", "Zartonq" Christian, and "Pan-Armenian National Statehood" parties will also take part in the elections.
During the war there is only an external enemy for the "Republic" ("Hanrapetutyun") party, there is no internal enemy. The formation of coalitions will be mandatory based on the results of these elections. During the war, when the enemy is on the border, we don’t exclude cooperation with anyone. In non-military situations, we will cooperate only with those forces whose ideology is close to ours. [Aram Sargsyan, the Chairman of the "Republic" party]
#armvote2021. Daily News Digest [08.06.2021]
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19:47 - 08 June, 2021CEC invalidates the registration of Mihran Poghosyan as an MP candidate |armenpress.am|
15:08 - 08 June, 2021Pashinyan vows post-election vendettas against the leaders of the communities who are trying to force the people
14:34 - 08 June, 2021Central Electoral Commission decides the posters of Robert Kocharyan's book are associated with the pre-electoral campaign |hetq.am|
13:48 - 08 June, 202110 political forces have issued a joint statement on the pre-election TV debates
09:45 - 08 June, 2021Gagik Tsarukyan on forming a coalition with Pashinyan
21:45 - 07 June, 2021#armvote2021. Daily News Digest [07.06.2021]
20:58 - 07 June, 2021Nikol Pashinyan to be on holiday from June 7-18
19:41 - 07 June, 2021Armenian Public TV's pre-electoral debates kick off tomorrow | 1lurer.am |
19:36 - 07 June, 2021#armvote2021. Daily News Digest [08.06.2021]
20:04 - 08 June, 2021Nikol Pashinyan ready to exchange his son with POWs kept in Azerbaijan |armenpress.am|
19:47 - 08 June, 2021CEC invalidates the registration of Mihran Poghosyan as an MP candidate |armenpress.am|
15:08 - 08 June, 2021Pashinyan vows post-election vendettas against the leaders of the communities who are trying to force the people
14:34 - 08 June, 2021Central Electoral Commission decides the posters of Robert Kocharyan's book are associated with the pre-electoral campaign |hetq.am|
13:48 - 08 June, 202110 political forces have issued a joint statement on the pre-election TV debates
09:45 - 08 June, 2021Gagik Tsarukyan on forming a coalition with Pashinyan
21:45 - 07 June, 2021#armvote2021. Daily News Digest [07.06.2021]
20:58 - 07 June, 2021Nikol Pashinyan to be on holiday from June 7-18
19:41 - 07 June, 2021Armenian Public TV's pre-electoral debates kick off tomorrow | 1lurer.am |
19:36 - 07 June, 2021