Today in almost all the electoral areas of the Kentron community one could see the same: there were at least three policemen at the center of the hall near the ballot-boxes. {BR} Surprisingly not only the pro-authority, but also the oppositional candidates' confidants and the members of the Committees were not worried about the fact. The policemen themselves whom we naturally managed to see from backside...

At 05:00 p.m. the Central Electoral Committee has no new information about the number of voters in Arabkir. In Kentron community 29 980 of the 85 thousand electors have already voted. In the other communities the scene is the following: Ajapnyak – 17 077 from 71 615, Davtashen – 9 000 from 25 481, Avan – 9 455 from 34 746, Malatia-Sebastia – 22 600 from 84 493, Shengavit – 10 500 from 95 140. {BR} In Shengavit the electors are still the...

The candidate for the post of the Kentron community head Rouzan Khachatryan represented a complaint to the Local Electoral Committee according to which in the community the number of the electors exceeds 2000, the Kentron Local Electoral Committee informs. {BR} The Arabkir Local Electoral Committee received several alarms but they were not proved in the electoral areas. For example, there was a false...

At 02:00 p.m. all in all 58560 electors participated in the elections. The votes were distributed the following way: Ajapnyak – 1 3200, Kentron – 11 000, Arabkir – 6 000, Malatia-Sebastia – 12 250, Shengavit – 3 800, Avan – 6 510, Davtashen – 5 400. 251 citizens voted only after the court decision. {BR} The information CEC provides comes to prove that the...

Today in several electoral areas, particularly in 9/41 and 9/15, the heads of the Committees tried to hinder the work of the journalists of «A1+». {BR} In the Kentron community 9/15 area the secretary tried to prove that «A1+» is not registered and the journalist has not right to take photos or to stay in the area. They allowed us to enter the area only after calling the Central Electoral Committee. And in the area 9/41 the claimed that the...

Today the NA deputy Grigor Haroutyunyan was not able to fulfill his duty as confidant of Rouzan Khachatryan. Visiting the Kentron Community electoral area 9\34 he found out that there was another confidant there named Rouben Saroukhanyan. {BR} No one knows who he is and with what certificate he has come, as they informed from the pre-electoral headquarters of Rouzan Khachatryan that Rouben Saroukhanyan...

At about 12:45 120 citizens had visited the Kentron community electoral area 9/30. The head of the community Sargis Khachaturyan claimed that there have been no mistakes except four in the electoral rolls, that is 4 people did not find their names in the rolls, “We sent them to the court, but one of the did not come back”, Sargis Khachaturyan said. {BR} “Everything is fine, there are no errors”,...

There may be no elections without the court interference. Today at about 01:00 p.m. 132 citizens had applied to court to restore their suffrage. {BR} The numbers were distributed the following way: Kentron – 2, Arabkir – 11, Shengavit – 50, Malatia-Sebastia – 3, Ajapnyak – 46, and Davtashen – 20. The number of the people who did not find their names in the electoral rolls but did not apply to court is not yet known.

At about 12:00 the electoral area N9/15 of the Kentron community reminded a medieval market. The chairs for observers were taken by young people without certificates. When the «A1+» journalist tried to find out who they are, the Committee head explained that the «voluntary observers» do not feel well. {BR} There was a huge queue in the electoral area, and one could not understand who was an elector...

Today the elections of local governing bodies are organized in 7 communities of Yerevan. In Kentron and Arabkir the citizens are electing community heads and aldermen, and in Avan, Ajapnyak, Davtashen, Malatia-Sebastia and Shengavit – only alderman. {BR} The citizens of the Kentron Community are to make their choice between the present head of the community Gagik Beglaryan and the member of the...

«If we want both the President and the parliament to participate in the process of the formation of the independent commissions the best variant would be the appointment of the candidates by the NA (taking into account the proposals of the public organizations) and the final approval of the President», Yerevan Press Club President Boris Navasardyan considers. He has his own opinion on the formation...

April 2, 2002 the «independent» Commission on TV and Radio deprived independent A1+ TV Company of air. Taking into account the fact that all 9 members of the commission were appointed by the President the event could not be rated as unexpected. How should the body regulating the activities of broadcasting media be formed? We addressed this question to 100 Yerevan residents. 15% of the respondents...

The parliamentary opposition states that no single independent commission functions presently for the sake of the nation. Name one commission the decision of which improved the living conditions of the people», National Unity factor secretary Alexan Karapetyan said. In his turn Justice faction secretary Victor Dallakyan characterized the situation that was created within the so-called independent...

“The society should have the possibility to regulate various spheres of life via independent commissions”, leader of the National Democratic Party Shavarsh Kocharyan considers. The draft constitutional amendments do not contain an item on independent bodies. It gives place to the NCTR only, which is to regulate the activities of private TV companies, the public radio and TV. “There are countries having traditions of formation of independent...

Today at about 10 a.m. local time Mayor of Armenian town of Nor Hajn Armen Kelishyan shot dead head of the town electric network Ashot Mkhitaryan. {BR} To remind, the election of the Mayor in Nor Hajn will be held in two weeks. The incumbent Mayor put in his nomination. Ashot Mkhitaryan supported his rival. It should be noted that Kelishyan fired the pistol presented to him by Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan.

”The draft constitutional amendments adopted in the second reading needs further elaboration”, Chairman of the Christian Democratic Party Khosrov Harutyunyan. According to him, the document should be formulated more precisely and give no reason for debate. The CDP informed that he has submitted 14 proposals to the National Assembly and hopes that they will find reflection during the third reading....

The candidate for the post of the Kentron community head, member of the People's Party Rouzan Khachatryan decided to put the full stop to her pre-election campaign in the area near the Matenadaran. Her meeting with the electors was organized there. Deputies of the Justice bloc Shavarsh Kocharyan, Tatoul Manaseryan and Vardan Mkrtchyan were present at the meeting. {BR} Member of the Heritage party...

The September 19 elections of the community head in Qanaqer-Zeytoun have been announced invalid. The Qanaqer-Zeytoun Local Electoral Committee session has just been over which announced the elections invalid and fixed the new elections on October 2. {BR} According to the Central Electoral Committee information service, the votes have been distributed the following way: Arayik Qotanjyan – 7486, Valeri...

The head of Robert Kocharyan's working group Artashes Toumanyan does not rush to make announcements about the Constitutional Referendum. In any case he is sure that «the result of the referendum is not an end in itself – either happy future, or nothing». {BR} «If the Constitutional reforms are adopted, there is still much to be done», Mr. Toumanyan is convinced. However, unlike other pro-governmental...

The Armenian Energy Ministry refuses to provide any information referring to the conveyance of the Electric Network of Armenia. {BR} To remind, Robert Kocharyan, who presided over the previous sitting of the government fixed a 3-day term for settling all the discrepancies and negotiations on the agreement. Over 6 days passed but the Energy Ministry has not proceed to the negotiations yet. Today...

“I am not against the stepwise settlement if Nagorno Karabakh’s status will be determined at the initial stage”, Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission for Foreign Issues Armen Rustamyan stated today in the National Press Club. {BR} Armen Rustamyan shares the position Armenia holds. If the Karabakh issue is included in the UN agenda, Armenia will abandon the negotiation process, which, in his words, does not exist at present. “All we have...

NA deputy Hmayak Hovhanissyan did not celebrate the Independence day yesterday. To be more precise, he refused to take part in the official solemn banquet. {BR} According to H. Hovhanissyan Armenia has lost independence form the very moment it launched the constitutional reform proceeding not from the domestic political problems but for the sake of honoring the commitments to European forces and justifying...

Thousands of Fans Respond to Alert on News Section of www.systemofadown.com Within hours of posting a notice last night on the System of a Down website, thousands of fans from across the United States have sent ANCA WebFaxes urging Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert to schedule a U.S. House vote on legislation recognizing the Armenian Genocide, reported the Armenian National Committee of America...

14 years ago the Armenian people said «yes» at the referendum on Independence. {BR} Despite all the difficulties Armenia has the most important values: state, state system, flag and state emblem. We congratulate all the people on the holiday and wish the independence last forever. Dear reader tomorrow our site will not work in its ordinary regime, but we will work on Sunday to cover the election...