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Arman Babajanyan leaves Bright Armenia faction
An Armenian parliament member Arman Babajanyan on Tuesday confirmed his decision to leave the Bright Armenia faction. YEREVAN, September 10. /ARKA/. An Armenian parliament member Arman Babajanyan on Tuesday confirmed his decision to leave the Bright Armenia faction. "The reasons for my decision are connected with general trends in Armenia ...
09/10/2019No consensus reached on early elections yet, Bright Armenia party leader says
'At this moment no consensus has been reached on any issue, related to holding snap parliamentary polls,' the leader of the opposition parliament-represented Bright Armenia party Edmon Marukyan told journalists after a meeting today with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. YEREVAN, March 4. /ARKA/ . 'At this moment no consensus has been reached on any issue, related to holding snap parliamentary polls,' ...
03/04/2021Bright Armenia to file appeal disputing parliament-passed legislative changes to Constitutional Court
The Bright Armenia Party intends to appeal to the Constitutional Court on the amendments to the Constitution passed by the National Assembly, which imply the dismissal of the chairman of the Constitutional Court and retirement of its three members who have ...
06/24/2020Bright Armenia elects Edmon Marukyan as head of its parliamentary faction
The Bright Armenia Party, one of the three parties, which have won seats in the National Assembly in December 9 snap elections, has elected today party leader Edmon Marukyan as head of its faction. YEREVAN, January 10. /ARKA/. The Bright Armenia Party,...
01/10/2019Lawmakers vote down Bright Armenia faction’s demand to dismiss atom Janjughazyan as finance minister
The Armenian National Assembly voted down the Bright Armenia faction’s proposal to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to dismiss Atom Janjughazyan as finance minister. The Bright Armenia didn’t like how the minister answered questions yesterday at a Q&A session in the parliament. YEREVAN,...
04/18/2019Marukyan finds it necessary to start urgent negotiations on deployment of Russian military base in Syunik
Edmon Marukyan, the leader of the Bright Armenia party, made a statement on Wednesday, in which he announced specific mechanisms for ensuring security to Syunik, one of Armenia’s provinces, proposing to start urgent negotiations on the deployment of a new Russian military base in Syunik ...
12/23/2020Bright Armenia party leader calls on all political forces to support holding of early elections
Edmon Marukyan, the leader of the Bright Armenia, one of the two opposition parliament-represented parties, called today on all political forces of Armenia to join his proposal to resolve the political crisis in the country through early parliamentary elections. YEREVAN, March 5. ...
03/05/2021New MP from Bright Armenia faction sworn in
Stepan Stepanyan, a new MP from Bright Armenia faction was sworn in Friday at the National Assembly’s extraordinary session. YEREVAN, September 4. /ARKA/. Stepan Stepanyan, a new MP from Bright Armenia faction was sworn in Friday at the National Assembly’s extraordinary ...
09/04/2020Bright Armenia opposition faction demands resignation of environment minister
The Bright Armenia opposition faction in the National Assembly asked its fellow lawmakers today to ask Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to dismiss the Minister of Environment Erik Grigoryan. YEREVAN, December 5. /ARKA/. The Bright Armenia opposition faction ...
12/05/2019Ruling parliamentary majority turns down opposition's motion on providing assistance to persons gone missing after November 9
... regulation is not complete, and their party offers a full package, according to which the families of all citizens who were captured or went missing should receive state aid in the amount of 200 thousand drams. Aren Mkrtchyan, a member of the parliamentary committee on defense and security issues countered that the Bright Armenia's motion is important from the point of view of social security guarantees, but the government has already passed a set of decisions on providing assistance to the military. In particular, assistance is provided to those who went missing ...
01/18/2021Armenian parliament fails to nominate members to committee set up for scrutinizing Yerevan municipality's activity
... garbage-collecting trucks to the municipality. The city authorities and Mayor Hayk Marutyan personally deny the allegation that this gift has been received from Aleksanyan saying the company is registered in another person, Hayk Israelyan's name. The Bright Armenia faction has set up an investigative committee in the parliament. Speaking at the discussion held yesterday in the National Assembly, Lilit Makunsh, the head of My Step faction, said that the committee has no any right to scrutinize the municipality's activity. She said that My Step MPs ...
01/22/2020Bright Armenia proposes to set up permanent committee in parliament to coordinate work with Eurasian Economic Union
Bright Armenia party’s faction in the National Assembly intends to come up with a proposal – the faction finds it necessary to set up a permanent committee for coordinating work with the Eurasian Economic Union, Zhamanak reported on Thursday. YEREVAN, January 10. /ARKA/. Bright Armenia party’s faction in the National Assembly intends to come up with a proposal – the faction finds it necessary to set up a permanent committee for coordinating work with the Eurasian Economic Union, Zhamanak reported on Thursday. Gevorg ...
01/10/2019Ad hoc parliamentary commission launches inquiry into Armenian government's response to coronavirus crisis
Arkady Khachatryan, a senior MP from the opposition Bright Armenia party, announced on Tuesday the launch of a parliamentary inquiry into the Armenian government’s response to the coronavirus crisis. YEREVAN, January 20. /ARKA/. Arkady Khachatryan, a senior MP from the opposition Bright Armenia party,...
01/20/2021Leaders of Armenian opposition parties meet with Pashinyan
The leaders of the opposition Prosperous Armenia and Bright Armenia parties Gagik Tsarukyan and Edmon Marukyan had a meeting today with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. YEREVAN, December 29. /ARKA/. The leaders of the opposition Prosperous Armenia and Bright Armenia parties Gagik Tsarukyan and ...
12/29/2020Opposition lawmaker elected chairman of Armenian parliament committee
Arkady Khachatryan, an opposition MP from the Bright Armenia party's faction, was elected today chairman of the parliamentary committee on financial-credit and budgetary issues. YEREVAN, September 15. /ARKA/. Arkady Khachatryan, an opposition MP from the Bright Armenia party's faction, was elected today chairman of the parliamentary committee on financial-credit and budgetary ...
09/15/2020Well-being of Armenian citizens to worsen by 8%, opposition MP says
The well-being of an average citizen of Armenia will be worse by 8% than a year ago, according to Arkady Khachatryan, an MP from the opposition Bright Armenia. YEREVAN, December 7. /ARKA/. The well-being of an average citizen of Armenia will be worse by 8% than a year ago, according to Arkady Khachatryan, an MP from the opposition Bright Armenia. Speaking in parliament today, he said his ...
12/07/2020Bright Armenia party decides to race in early parliamentary elections alone
Armenia’s Bright Armenia party, after long discussions with the Republic party, has decided to race in the snap parliamentary elections alone. YEREVAN, November 5. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Bright Armenia party, after long discussions with the Republic party, ...
11/05/2018Opposition Bright Armenia party calls on all not to use language of hate during election campaigning
The opposition Bright Armenia party called today on all political forces of the country to abandon the use of hate speech during the election campaign ahead of snap parliamentary polls slated for June 20. YEREVAN, May 3. /ARKA/. The opposition Bright Armenia party ...
05/03/2021Stepan Stepanyan to replace Mane Tandilyan in Bright Armenia's parliamentary faction
Stepan Stepanyan, a member of the opposition Bright Armenia party, will replace Mane Tandilyan as a member of the party's parliamentary faction. YEREVAN, August 14. /ARKA/. Stepan Stepanyan, a member of the opposition Bright Armenia party, will replace Mane Tandilyan as a member of the party's ...
08/14/2020Armenian opposition lawmaker resigns due to health problems
Mane Tandilyan, a parliament member of the opposition Bright Armenia party, who served also as Minister of Social Affairs and Labor in 2018-2019, said today she was resigning as a lawmaker due to health problems. YEREVAN, August 14. /ARKA/. Mane Tandilyan, a parliament member of the opposition Bright ...
08/14/2020Armenian parliament to have 11 standing committees
... will be nominated by the committee on education, science, culture, Diaspora, youth and sport affairs. Three of the standing committees are to be chaired by representatives of opposition parliamentary factions. In 2018, December 9 early elections Prime ... ... Pashinyan’s My Step bloc won a sweeping victory with 884,864 or 70.42% of votes, Prosperous Armenia scored 103,801 votes or 8.26% and Bright Armenia 80,047 votes or 6.37%. My Step will control 88 seats in the National Assembly, Prosperous Armenia will have 26 ...
01/15/2019Pashinyan signs decree setting up professional committee for constitutional reforms
... Ombudsman Arman Tatoyan as well as Vladimir Vardanyan, head of the National Assembly's committee on state and legal issues, Vahagn Hovakimyan, an MP from My Step faction, Gevorg Petrosyan, an PM from Prosperous Armenia faction and Taron Simonyan, an MP from Bright Armenia faction. The committee members are also Daniel Ioannisyan (The Union of Informed Citizens), Karen Zadoyan (Armenian Lawyers' Association) V. Kocharyan, a member of the Supreme Judicial Council as well as legal experts Anahit Manasyan, Arthur Hambaryan, Armen Mazmanyan,...
02/12/2020Ad hoc committee to be set up at Armenian parliament for considering Amulsar gold field problem
... factions (Bright Armenia and Prosperous Armenia), My Step announces that it joined the initiative. The initiative was put forward by Prosperous Armenia, particularly Sergey Bagratyan. It is assumed that he will become the head of the committee. The committee is expected to be made up of 18 MPs, of which 11 will be from My Step governing party, 6 from Prosperous Armenia and 2 from Bright Armenia. -0---
09/19/2019Armenian parliament approves a set of amendments designed to replace state of emergency with quarantine
... government by the amendments contradict a constitutional article on protection of the right to private property. The leader of the Bright Armenia opposition party Edmon Marukyan also argued that the amendments were anti-constitutional , saying they do not reflect ... ... lawmakers were given three hours to present their proposals, after which the amendments will be considered again by the standing committee on legal issues. If they are approved, a second reading will be held later today. -0-
09/04/2020Lonely pensioners in Armenia not to receive separate assistance
... faction. Only 35 MPs voted in favor of the proposal, with 72 “against” and one abstention. Srbuhi Grigoryan, an MP from the Bright Armenia faction, said it was proposed to provide financial assistance to lonely pensioners taking into account the difficult ... ... everyone, since there is no gas in many villages. For her part Heriknaz Tigranyan, the deputy head of the profile parliamentary committee, MP from the My Step faction noted that the bill was rejected because it contained certain threats and needs to be revised....
09/14/2020Armenian parliament approves changes to election law as opposition boycotts voting
By a vote of 83 Armenia's parliament dominated by the My Step alliance of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has passed today in the first reading a set of amendments to the Electoral Code. The opposition parties Prosperous Armenia and Bright Armenia boycotted the voting. YEREVAN, April 1. /ARKA/. By a vote of 83 Armenia's parliament dominated by the My Step alliance of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has passed today in the first reading a set of amendments to the Electoral Code. ...
04/01/2021Armenia’s new parliament will convene for maiden session on January 14
... Sargsyan, Acting Minister of Nature Protection Erik Grigoryan, Gnel Sanosyan, Trdat Sargsyan, Andrei Ghukasyan, Davit Gevorkyan, Narek Babayan and Acting Minister of Emergency Situations Felix Tsolakyan. Also Krist Marukyan and Armen Baghdasaryan from the Bright Armenia Party said they will not take seats in the parliament. No elected MP from the Prosperous Armenia party filed a similar application, according to Mukuchyan. In December 9 early elections the My Step won a sweeping victory with 884,864 or ...
01/05/2019Bright Armenia unveils 13-point 'road map' to overcome the crisis
Armenia is in a political, social, economic and military crisis that came after the coronavirus crisis, the leader of the opposition Bright Armenia party Edmon Marukyan said on Monday during parliamentary hearings, his party organized to look for ways out. YEREVAN, December 7. /ARKA/. Armenia is in a political, social, economic and military crisis that came after the coronavirus ...
12/07/2020National Assembly considers nomination of candidates for Commission on Prevention of Corruption
Armenia's National Assembly considered today the nomination of candidates for the Commission on the Prevention of Corruption, named by the government, the ruling bloc My Step, the opposition Prosperous Armenia and Bright Armenia factions, as well as the Supreme Judicial Council. YEREVAN, November 18. /ARKA/. Armenia's National Assembly considered today the nomination of candidates for the Commission on the Prevention of Corruption, named by the government,...
11/18/2019Ruling majority not opposed to lifting martial law
The Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan indicated today that the ruling My Step majority will endorse the third in a row motion of the two opposition parties- the Bright Armenia and the Prosperous Armenia - to abolish the martial law that was declared after Azerbaijan's aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh last September 27. YEREVAN, March 23. /ARKA/. The Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan ...
03/23/2021Bright Armenia party drafts constitutional amendments
The leader of a parliamentary opposition party Bright Armenia Edmon Marukyan said today he has drafted a string of constitutional amendments. YEREVAN, February 20. /ARKA/. The leader of a parliamentary opposition party Bright Armenia Edmon Marukyan said today he has drafted a string of constitutional ...
02/20/2019Opposition parties in Armenian parliament to ignore voting on new members of Supreme Judicial Council
Two opposition parties, represented in the Armenian parliament- the Prosperous Armenia and the Bright Armenia - will not take part in the discussions and voting on the election of two new members of the Supreme Judicial Council. YEREVAN, January 22. /ARKA/. Two opposition parties, represented in the Armenian parliament- the Prosperous Armenia ...
01/22/2021Bright Armenia party leader and prime minister to meet to discuss holding snap parliamentary polls
The chairman of the opposition parliament-represented Bright Armenia party Edmon Marukyan told reporters today that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan got in touch with him today morning suggesting they meet to discuss holding snap polls as a way out of the ongoing political crisis. YEREVAN, March 2. / ...
03/02/2021Bright Armenia criticizes government for failure to fulfill capital expenditures
The Bright Armenia opposition parliamentary faction criticized today the government for the failure to fulfill the projected capital expenditures, when the parliament was debating a draft budget for 2020. YEREVAN, November 15. /ARKA/. The Bright ...
11/15/2019‘Velvet revolution’s’ results could be five times better, Bright Armenia leader says
Almost 12 months since last year’s ‘velvet revolution’ in Armenia, its results could be five times better, Edmon Marukyan, the head of the Bright Armenia party’s faction in parliament, told a press briefing today. YEREVAN, April 1. /ARKA/. Almost 12 months since last year’s ‘velvet revolution’ in Armenia, its results could be five times better, Edmon Marukyan, the head of the ...
04/01/2019Armenian ruling bloc turns down opposition's motion to abolish martial law
The Armenian parliamentary committee on defense and security issues has declined today an opposition motion, drafted by he Prosperous Armenia and Bright Armenia parties, to lift the martial law. YEREVAN, March 15. /ARKA/. The Armenian parliamentary committee on defense and security issues has declined today an opposition motion, drafted by he Prosperous Armenia and Bright Armenia parties, to lift the martial law. One of the authors of the bill, MP from the Prosperous Armenia faction Arman Abovyan,...
03/15/2021Daily says three committees in Armenian parliament to be controlled by opposition
... will be headed by Mikael Melkonyan from the Prosperous Armenia, while the committee on European integration will be controlled by another member of the party Naira Zohrabyan. The newspaper also writes that yesterday Edmon Marukyan, the leader of the Bright Armenia urged the authorities to ignore the D'Hondt method when allocating parliamentary committees (D'Hondt method or the Jefferson method is a highest averages method for allocating seats, and is thus a type of party-list proportional representation), and entrust them more than one committee, because "only then we can talk about democracy ...
12/21/2018Bright Armenia party opposed to amending electoral code ahead of snap polls
The leader of the opposition parliament-represented Bright Armenia party Edmon Marukyan has spoken today against the plans of the ruling My Step majority to amend the electoral legislation ahead of the snap polls, scheduled to take place on June 20. YEREVAN, March 22. /ARKA/. The leader of the opposition ...
03/22/2021Armenian health minister comments on opposition’s accusations
Armenian Health Minister Arsen Torosyan has reacted to the statements by the leadership of the Bright Armenia opposition party that the Armenian authorities had failed in the fight against coronavirus. YEREVAN, June 4. /ARKA/. Armenian Health Minister Arsen Torosyan has reacted to the statements by the leadership of the Bright Armenia opposition ...
06/04/2020Armenian authorities are subjected to daily violence, Pashinyan says in comment on parliament brawl
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accused today MP Edmon Marukyan, the leader of the Bright Armenia party, of being an integral part of a scheme designed by former ruling regimes to sustain moral, psychological and physical damages to his administration. YEREVAN, May 8. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has accused ...
05/08/2020Armenian opposition party suggests distributing 5-10 percent of GDP to citizens as free assistance
The opposition Bright Armenia party in the parliament has suggested that the government distribute 5-10% of GDP as free assistance to citizens of the country. The proposal was voiced by the head of the party's parliamentary faction Edmon Marukyan. YEREVAN, April ...
04/20/2020Bright Armenia leader calls on Pashinyan to sack economic and finance ministers
The head of the Bright Armenia party’s faction in the parliament Edmon Marukyan urged today Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan ‘to get rid’ of Economic Development and Investment Minister Tigran Khachatryan and Minister of Finance Atom Janjughazyan. YEREVAN, February ...
02/14/2019Three parties unite for elections
Three Armenian political parties - Bright Armenia, Hanrapetutyun (Republic) and the Civil Contract signed a memorandum today to jointly participate in the parliamentary elections and the elections of Yerevan Council of Elders next year. YEREVAN, December 12. /ARKA/. Three Armenian political ...
12/12/2016Edmon Marukyan appointed ambassador-at-large
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed today Edmon Marukyan as ambassador –at-large. Edmon Marukyan is the leader of the Bright Armenia Party, which failed to win a parliament seat in 2021 snap parliamentary elections. YEREVAN, March 14. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has appointed today Edmon Marukyan as ambassador-at-large. Edmon Marukyan is the leader ...
03/14/2022President, head of Bright Armenia party discussed snap polls and constitutional changes
The leader of the opposition parliament-represented Bright Armenia party Edmon Marukyan paid a visit today to Armenian President Armen Sarkissian. YEREVAN, March 2. /ARKA/. The leader of the opposition parliament-represented Bright Armenia party Edmon Marukyan paid a visit today to Armenian President ...
03/02/2021Ruling My Step parliamentary faction opposes inquiry into alleged corruption at Yerevan municipality
... claimed that Alex & Holding, a company affiliated with businessman Samvel Aleksanyan, donated 20 KAMAZ garbage trucks to the municipality. Mayor Marutyan denied the allegation saying that the company is formally owned by Hayk Israelyan. The opposition Bright Armenia parliamentary faction has set up an ad hoc commission to look into the allegations. A Bright Armenia faction member Ani Samsonyan cited Luys faction in the Yerevan Council of Elders that some companies that donated trucks to the city administration ...
01/21/2020Bright Armenia faction calls for firing finance minister
Edmon Marukyan, the leader of the Bright Armenia parliamentary faction, said today Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan should fire Finance Minister Atom Janjughazyan. YEREVAN, April 17. /ARKA/. Edmon Marukyan, the leader of the Bright Armenia parliamentary faction, said today Prime Minister ...
04/17/2019Bright Armenia proposes to amend pension law
The Armenian National Assembly’s Bright Armenia faction has proposed amendments to the law on state pensions to provide the country’s those pensioners living abroad with access to their pensions, Zhamanak reported on Thursday. YEREVAN, April 11. /ARKA/. The Armenian National ...
04/11/2019Ad hoc committee to be set up at Armenian parliament for considering legality of investment projects in mining industry
... programs in the country's mining industry, Zhoghovurd reports. According to the media source, the head of the committee will be Sergey Bagratyan, a member of the Prosperous Armenia. The faction's top-priority target is Amulsar gold mine. Members of the committee will become known today. Of 18 members, 12 will presumably represent My Step faction, four Prosperous Armenia and two Bright Armenia. -0---
10/03/2019Armenian government to return 56 billion drams in overpaid VATt
... 1, 2020, but after the law enters into force, economic entities can submit corresponding applications, and the State Revenue Committee will begin the return of overpaid VAT in the prescribed manner. According to Ananyan, the companies with up to 5 million ... ... to one of the companies belonging to the family of ex-president Serzh Sargsyan,” said Maneh Tandilyan, a lawmaker form the Bright Armenia party. She added it was not the only such case. After the vote, the head of the Bright Armenia faction, Edmon Marukyan,...
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