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Robert Kocharyan. Photo: Ani Avetisyan/OC Media.

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Robert Kocharyan refuses to sit as MP in Armenia’s parliament

Ani Avetisyan

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Robert Kocharyan, leader of Armenia’s largest opposition coalition and the country’s second president, has announced that he will not sit as an MP in Armenia’s parliament. The leader of the Armenia Alliance wrote about his decision in a Facebook post on Monday, stressing that he had previously been a member of the parliaments of both Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia but ‘by virtue’ of his character he has ‘always been a person of executive power’. ‘By this step, I also express my consent with m

The Constitutional Court of Armenia. Photo: Ben Men Lyun/Wikimedia Commons.

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Armenian Constitutional Court dismisses appeals by Kocharyan upholding election results

Ani Avetisyan

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Armenia’s Constitutional court has denied the opposition’s request to annul the results of the 20 June snap parliamentary elections, following a week of deliberations. The results were challenged by the Armenia Alliance, led by former President Robert Kocharyan, the I’m Honoured bloc, led by former National Security Service chief Artur Vanetsyan, and two minor parties. In addition to requesting that the results be annulled, the four parties had also appealed for a recount of the number of se

Nikol Pashinyan brandishes a hammer before the election. He said the hammer represented his 'steel mandate'. Video still.

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Opposition officials hit by wave of resignations and arrests in Armenia

Ani Avetisyan

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Armenian authorities have reportedly forced officials with ties to the opposition, including village and city mayors, to resign. Some have also been criminally charged for violating electoral legislation during the snap parliamentary elections. Since acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s landslide election victory on 20 June, politicians and local government officials connected with the opposition Armenia Alliance coalition, headed by Armenia’s ex-President Robert Kocharyan, have been force

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Armenia’s election — a view from Azerbaijan

Ismi Aghayev

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On 20 June, Armenians voted overwhelmingly to reelect Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party to power. OC Media spoke to several opposition and civil society figures in Azerbaijan to find out their perceptions of the elections in Armenia. At a press conference on Monday, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov responded to elections in neighbouring Armenia. ‘As it became known yesterday, early parliamentary elections were held in Armenia. A new government is expected to be formed’, he s