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Republican candidate hails the first victory of opposition forces

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The vice-president of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Vigen Sargsyan, who leads the RPA proportional list in the upcoming elections, wrote on his Facebook page that the money transferred from overseas will not be taxed.

“The first victory of opposition forces. As a result of an alarming announcement made by a Republican, the SRC announced that the money transferred from overseas will not be taxed. The government changed its plan.

This is the power of counterbalance. That is why we need opposition forces in the future parliament. But the verbal promise is not enough. We must ensure that after the elections no new attempt to adopt such a non-prospective policy is made. Those who leave to work in the overseas have a family to care for in Armenia, the state must support, not hinder them.

There are 150,000 issues on job placement optimisation, prevention of the elimination of benefits, prevention of the economic downturn and further price increase, maintaining border security, and many other issues on the agenda.”

Breaking News: RPA will vote against Nikol Pashinyan candidacy for Armenian prime minister

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RPA will vote against Nikol Pashinyan's

RPA will vote against Nikol Pashinyan’s

YEREVAN, MAY 1, ARMENPRESS. The RPA faction of the National Assembly will vote against Nikol Pashinyan’s candidacy for the post of RA Prime Minister. Armenpress reports that the head of the faction Vahram Baghdasaryan stated this at a special session.

A special session is underway in the National Assembly. the MPs are discussing the issue of the Prime Minister’s election. The only candidate nominated is Nikol Pashinyan. his candidacy was nominated by the “Elk” faction. Three of the four parliamentary factions, Tsarukyan, ARF and “Exit,” have announced support for Pashinyan’s candidacy. these factions have 47 votes together, but in their special session ARF-D member Aghvan Vardanyan announced his decision not to vote. At least 53 MPs need to vote for the prime minister. The RPA has 58 parliamentary mandates.

According to the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, if the Prime Minister is not elected in the National Assembly, seven days after the voting, a new Prime Minister’s election is held, with the right to participate in the Prime Minister’s nominees for at least one-third of the total number of Deputies. If the Prime Minister is not elected by the majority of the total number of Deputies, the National Assembly shall be released by law.

ԵՐԵՎԱՆ, 1 ՄԱՅԻՍԻ, ԱՐՄԵՆՊՐԵՍ: Ազգային ժողովի ՀՀԿ խմբակցությունը դեմ կքվեարկի ՀՀ վարչապետի պաշտոնում Նիկոլ Փաշինյանի թեկնածությանը: «Արմենպրես»-ի հաղորդմամբ՝ այս մասին հատուկ նիստում հայտարարեց խմբակցության ղեկավար Վահրամ Բաղդասարյանը:

Ազգային ժողովում ընթանում է հատուկ նիստը. պատգամավորները քննարկում են ՀՀ վարչապետի ընտրության հարցը: Առաջադրված միակ թեկնածուն Նիկոլ Փաշինյանն է. նրա թեկնածությունն առաջադրել է «Ելք» խմբակցությունը: ԱԺ չորս խմբակցություններից երեքը՝ «Ծառուկյան», ՀՅԴ, «Ելք», հայտարարել են Փաշինյանի թեկնածությունը սատարելու մասին. այդ խմբակցությունները միասին ունեն 47 ձայն, սակայն հատուկ նիստում իր ելույթի ժամանակ ՀՅԴ-ական Աղվան Վարդանյանը հայտարարեց չքվեարկելու իր որոշման մասին: Վարչապետի ընտրվելու համար անհրաժեշտ է նվազագույնը 53 պատգամավորի ձայն: ՀՀԿ-ն ունի 58 պատգամավորական մանդատ:

Համաձայն ՀՀ Սահմանադրության՝ Ազգային ժողովում վարչապետի չընտրվելու դեպքում քվեարկությունից յոթ օր հետո անցկացվում է վարչապետի նոր ընտրություն, որին մասնակցելու իրավունք ունեն պատգամավորների ընդհանուր թվի առնվազն մեկ երրորդի առաջադրած վարչապետի թեկնածուները: Եթե պատգամավորների ընդհանուր թվի ձայների մեծամասնությամբ վարչապետ չի ընտրվում, ապա Ազգային ժողովն արձակվում է իրավունքի ուժով:

Breaking News: RPA faction will not nominate PM candidate

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RPA faction of National Assembly will not nominate PM candidate

YEREVAN, APRIL 29, ARMENPRESS. RPA faction of National Assembly will not nominate PM candidate RPA spokesman Eduard Sharmazanov stated this on April 28 presenting the statement on behalf of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). According to him, the RPA will discuss the programs of all the candidates and will present the position before the voting. “Armenpress” will present the statement in full.

Armenia’s ARFD endorses ruling RPA in Yerevan elections

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The Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARFD) in a statement issued on Saturday, May 6 called on the residents of Yerevan to vote for Taron Margaryan from the ruling Republican Party (RPA).

“The ARFD Yerevan city committee endorses the Republican Party of Armenia in the upcoming elections to the City Council,” the statement said.

“The decision stems from the two parties’ joint commitment to making qualitative changes.”

“We call on our friends and supporters to vote for the team headed by Taron Margaryan on May 14,” the statement added.

Three parties participate in elections. RPA’s proportional list is headed by Margaryan; Nikol Pashinyan, who was recently re-elected to the National Assembly, tops the list of YELQ bloc; while 5th Convocation National Assembly lawmaker Zaruhi Postanjyan, who recently announced the Yerkir Tsirani (Land of Apricot) party, will head its list. Municipal elections are slated for May 14.

Ruling RPA claims a landslide victory at Parliamentary elections in Armenia

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The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) wins the  Parliamentary elections held on Sunday in Armenia with a big lead, according to the preliminary official results summed up by the country’s Central Electoral Committee (CEC) after processing the protocols received from all precincts.

According to these results, presented on Monday by the CEC Chairman Tigran Mukuchyan, four political forces enter the parliament with the ruling Republican party obtaining 49.12% of the votes.  “Tsarukyan” bloc comes the second with 428, 965 votes that constitute 27.32%.

“Yelq” (Exit) bloc comes the third with 7.77% of the votes, while the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun scores 6.57% of the votes.

The four mentioned political forces will be represented in the new parliament under the new Electoral Code, that sets a threshold of five percent of the votes to secure representation in the parliament, while blocs require at least seven percent.

Other parties and blocs running for the elections failed to meet the threshold with Armenian Renaissance Party scoring 3.71%, “ORO” bloc – 2.07%, “Armenian National Congress – HZhK” bloc- 1.65%, Party of Free Democrats – 0.94% and the Communist Party – 0.75%.

According to the CEC-released preliminary results, 1, 5777, 323 voters or 60,86% of the total number of the citizens eligible to vote participated in Armenian parliamentary elections on Sunday. The number of invalid ballot papers is 6701