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Russian Armenians focused on national problems – Viktor Konoplyev

September 25, 2016 By administrator

russian-armenian-electionRussian Armenians are far from being involved in domestic political life, political analyst Viktor Konoplyev told Tert.am.

Armenians have focused their attention on their narrow national problems and are afraid of raising their problems at a high level, at the State Duma, for example.

Mr Konoplyev, what kind of parliament has been formed as a result of the September 19 parliamentary elections in Russia? Are Armenians represented there?

I have examined the lists of candidates nominated by the participating parties. No Armenian name could be found in the lists of the Homeland party, People’s Freedom Party, Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) or the Communist party. Two Armenian candidates were in the lists of the United Russia party, six candidates in the lists of the ‘A Just Russia’ party, one candidate in the Russian United Democratic Party “Yabloko” lists, two in the Party of Pensioners of Russia lists, and three in the Russian Nationalists party lists.

Four of the parties got into the State Duma: United Russia, Communist party, LDPR led by Vladimir Zhirinovsky, and A Just Russia. The Homeland and the Political Platform parties have one representative each as well. At best, eight Armenians can get into Russia’s State Duma. The exact figure can hardly be cited because the parties have not yet released their lists.

The problem is that Russian Armenians, who have hundreds of organizations are withdrawing from Russia’s domestic politics. They have thus focused their attention on their national problems and are afraid of raising their problems at a high level, at the State Duma, for example.

 

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Armenian, Election, local, Parliament, Russian

Local elections in Armenia’s regions were free and transparent , says CEC chairman

September 23, 2016 By administrator

local-election-cecThe chairman of Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission (CEC) on Friday addressed September 18 local government polls which he described as absolutely free, fair and transparent.
Tigran Mukuchyan said that the CEC will publish the final outcomes on Saturday to name the elected (or re-elected) governors of around 317 communities.
In his words, they have so far received only 11 appeals for a vote recount.
Mukuchyan said that the CEC worked full-time on the voting day to follow all the violations and subsequent reports in the media, and on the observer organizations’ websites.

Filed Under: Articles, Events Tagged With: Armenia, elections, local

Opposition party wins Armenia regional elections

September 19, 2016 By administrator

local-election-oppositionGagik Sargsyan from the opposition Civil Contract party won regional elections in Nor Kyank community in Armenia’s Aragatsotn province.

Also running for the head of the community was Mayis Abrahamyan from the ruling Republican Party (RPA).

Meanwhile, Arayik Khandoyan from Sasna Tsrer movement and acting chief Yervand Khachatryan lost the elections to a former head of Tsaghkahovit community, Norain Hakobyan.

An armed group known as Sasna Tsrer (Daredevils of Sassoun) stormed a Yerevan police patrol department in mid-July and took everyone inside hostage. Throughout the following days, the group released the captives one by one. After negotiations that lasted for a little over two weeks, the gunmen agreed to surrender to the law enforcement bodies. Three police officers were killed during this period.

Khandoyan is currently jailed.

In Vagharshapat, where an armed incident accurred on the eve of the elections, acting mayor Karen Grigoryan from RPA won with an overwhelming majority of votes.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Armenia, Election, local

Local elections start in five Armenian regions, Ombudsman’s office responds to election frauds

September 18, 2016 By administrator

local-electionsLocal elections are taking place in 317 communities of the Aragatsotn, Ararat, Armavir, Syunik and Tavush regions of Armenia. Polling stations opened at 8:00am.

In total, 408 candidates are running for the heads of rural communities, and 2,693 candidates are running for the councils of elders.

Armenia’s political forces are represented at 541 local election commissions as follows:

The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) has 241 representatives

The Prosperous Armenia party, 168 representatives

The Armenian National Congress (ANC) party union, 42 representatives

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D), 30 representatives

The Rule of Law party, 30 representatives

The Heritage party, 30 representatives

 

The office of the Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) of Armenia is working in special conditions on the occasion of local elections in Armenia.

The Ombudsman’s Office has receives signals about election frauds, obstruction of journalists and observers, violation of secrecy of the ballot and so on.

The Ombudsman’s staff are thoroughly examining media reports. Among them is obvious evidence of criminal offences.

After all the data are summed up, they will be submitted to law-enforcement agencies for probes to be launched.

The Ombudsman’s office continues monitoring the local elections.

 

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Armenia, elections, local

California: Armenian candidates overwhelmingly win local races in U.S.

November 5, 2015 By administrator

200125In Montebello, current mayor and incumbent city council candidate Jack Hadjinian won his re-election bid for a second term in office, while in Rolling Hills Estates, Frank Zerounian won his re-election bid to city council, Asbarez reports.

In San Francisco, Aaron Peskin won his bit for the 3rd Supervisor District.

“The Armenian National Committee of America-San Francisco Chapter congratulates all of the candidates on running successful campaigns in the elections. We’d like to extend a warm welcome to Aaron Peskin as the new Supervisor of San Francisco’s District 3. We look forward to working with each of them on issues important to the Armenian Community and wish you all the best for your noble future endeavors,” said chairman of the ANCA-Bay Area Chapter Coordinator Arsen Markarov.

In South Pasadena, two Armenian-American candidates won elections, both endorsed by the ANCA Pasadena chapter.

Marina Khubesrian won the race for city council, while Suzie Abajian won her race for the South Pasadena Unified School District. Another ANCA Pasadena-endorsed candidate, Tom Selinske who was vying for the Pasadena Area 2 Community College Governing Board also won his race.

Over in Maine, the Armenian-American community saw one of its own win a city council seat in the town of Westbrook.

At a young age, Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte, along with her family escaped the horrors of Azerbaijani pogroms of Armenians in Baku. She has since been a vocal advocate for refugee rights and has discussed the anti-Armenian pogroms in Congress and in academic circles.

On Tuesday, she became the first Armenian to win a seat in the Westbrook, Maine City Council.

Related links:

Asbarez. ANCA-WR-Endorsed Candidates Overwhelmingly Win Local Races

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