Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Armenia

Armenia Poised For Parliamentary Elections

Armenia President Robert Kocharian (CTK)

May 11, 2007 -- Armenians go to the polls on May 12 to elect a new parliament.

TEXT SIZE - +

May 11, 2007

President Robert Kocharian has called on the future parliament to avoid a political crisis like the one in Ukraine, where the parliament and the president have been locked in a bitter standoff.

MORE: Follow developments in Armenian on the website of RFE/RL's Armenian Service.

The United States and the European Union have warned of negative consequences for the Armenian government if observers rule that Saturday's vote is not free and fair.

Past elections have been marred by allegations of large-scale voting irregularities.

(dpa, Interfax, ITAR-TASS)

RFE/RL Caucasus Report

SUBSCRIBE For weekly news and in-depth analysis on Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia's North Caucasus by e-mail, subscribe to "RFE/RL Caucasus Report."

President Serzh Sarkisian has promised fair elections

Prospect Of Vote-Rigging Overshadows Armenian Election

The Armenian parliamentary elections due in May will not simply be a struggle between rival political parties with diverging priorities and platforms. More

Alla Dzhioyeva attends a protest by her supporters in Tskhinvali on January 28.

South Ossetian Opposition Leader Hospitalized After Raid

Alla Dzhioyeva, the opposition candidate whose victory in a runoff ballot in November for de facto president of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia was swiftly annulled by the republic's Supreme Court, was taken to a hospital after a raid by some 200 masked security personnel on her headquarters in Tskhinvali. More

Former KGB head Leonid Tibilov is a presidential hopeful.

Repeat South Ossetian Election Campaign Gathers Momentum

The run-up to the repeat election on March 24 for a new de facto president of Georgia's breakaway Republic of South Ossetia bears an uncanny resemblance to last November's election campaign. More