[ last updated 14:13 ] A senior Armenian prosecutor and seven pro-government lawmakers broke ranks to publicly back former President Levon Ter-Petrosian Friday as tens of thousands of people continued to demonstrate in central Yerevan against what they see as fraudulent official results of Tuesday’s presidential election. (UPDATED)
[ last updated 17:57 ] Vahan Hovannisian, a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), resigned as deputy speaker of Armenia’s parliament on Friday, citing his poor showing in the presidential election.
[ last updated 17:59 ] Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian thanked members of his cabinet on Friday for helping hold a presidential election which he said honored Armenia’s commitments to the OSCE and the European Union.
[ last updated 14:15 ] A leading international human rights organization urged the authorities in Yerevan on Friday to investigate beatings of opposition activists and journalists reported during Armenia’s presidential election.
[ last updated 17:51 ] “With its unequivocally positive assessment of the February 19 elections, the international community closed the issue of determining Armenia’s next president both for itself and for us,” writes “Hayots Ashkhar.”
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