#COALITION
Levon Ter-Petrosyan does not rule out coalition with Robert Kocharyan
Armenia's first post-Soviet president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who tops the electoral list of the Armenian National Congress for the June 20 early parliamentary elections, did not rule out forming a coalition with his successor Robert Kocharyan, who tops the electoral list of an alliance comprising the Reviving Armenia and the Armenia Revolutionary Federation (ARF) parties.Armenia’s ruling coalition nominates Serzh Sargsyan for office of prime minister
The ruling coalition of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun has nominated today former president Serzh Sargsyan for the post of prime minister, a spokesman for HHK, Eduard Sharmazanov, said after the meeting of both parties’ parliamentary factions.Republican Party of Armenia and Dashnaktsutyun sign power-sharing agreement
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/ Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) have signed a coalition agreement today for 2017-2022, HHK deputy chairman Armen Ashotyan announced.Analyst says the ruling party is likely to form coalition government with ARF
The likelihood that the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, which has won the April 2 parliamentary elections, and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) that came in fourth, will re-join in a new coalition government is quite big, according to Sergey Minasyan, a political analyst from the Yerevan-based Caucasus Institute.ARF has no plans to withdraw from coalition government
Artsvik Minasyan, the acting economy minister, denied today media allegations claiming that his party, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) is planning to walk out from the coalition government, composed together with the Republican Party of Armenia.Dashnaktsutiun may change mind – collaboration with Armenian Republicans may fail
Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutiun doesn’t rule out that its attempt to collaborate with the Republican Party of Armenia in a coalition may fail because of discord inside Dashnaktsutiun, Zhamanak reports referring to its sources.According to the newspaper, fierce debates inside the Dashnaktsutiun over candidates to ministerial posts, and at some moment some members of the party called to the presidential residence and said that collaboration with the authorities may fail because of internal discord.
On Wednesday, Eduard Sharmazanov, Eduard Sharmazanov, a spokesman for the Republican Party of Armenia, said following a meeting of the party’s Supreme Body that the governing Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun have reached a preliminary agreement to form a coalition government and that the final decision will be unveiled later this week.
Sources of Zhamanak newspaper say the Dashnaktsutiun’s elite split into two camps, and each of them has its own ambitions and each wants to take its own advantages of the collaboration.
Hrant Markaryan, an MP from Dashnaktsutiun who is now negotiating with Serzh Sargsyan, said an accord already was reached on ministerial seats and candidates.
Candidacies of Artsvik Minasyan, David Lokyan and Levon Mkrtchyan were put up, but another, no less influential part of the parliamentary faction represented by Armen Rustamyan, Aghvan Vardanyan and Lilit Galstyan is strongly opposed to the mentioned candidates saying that in recent years they absolutely didn’t differ from other Armenian tycoons and very soon found it not necessary to communicate with their fellow partisans.
Media resources report that justice, education and science as well as territorial administration ministers’ positions may be offered to Dashnaktsutiun. -0---
Dashnaktsutiun willing to join Armenian ruling coalition
Hrant Margaryan, a representative of the bureau of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutiun, said Tuesday that the party is almost ready to accept the invitation of the Republican Party of Armenia to the ruling coalition, Novosti-Armenia reports.| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
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