Aprelu Yerkir on Groong Podcast

Aghasi Yenokian - Ruling Party Power Grabs | Early Elections | Judiciary Concerns | Ալտերնատիվ պատմություն Հայոց | Ep 298, Dec. 14, 2023

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 22:00:00 +0400

Ruling Party Power Grabs

Alaverdi

Back in 2021 Aprelu Yerkir was able to garner enough votes in the elections to install Arkadi Tamazyan as the mayor of the region, which includes Alaverdi and a dozen or so townships. In order to succeed, Aprelu Yerkir struck an alliance with Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s Armenian National Congress (ANC, or HAK) to gain a one seat majority in the city council. This was a serious setback for Pashinyan, and Civil Contract.

Aghasi Yenokian - Ruling Party Power Grabs | Early Elections | Judiciary Concerns | Ալտերնատիվ պատմություն Հայոց | Ep 298, Dec. 14, 2023

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 22:00:00 +0400

Episode Summary

Ruling Party Power Grabs. Why is Civil Contract so Adamant on Total Municipal Control. Political Prisoners. Early/Snap Elections? Armenia’s Controlled Judiciary. About Yenokian’s new book: Ալտերնատիվ պատմություն Հայոց.

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Hrant Mikaelian - Situation in Artsakh | Yerevan Elections Heating Up | MPG Poll Outtakes | MPG Poll on Yerevan Elections

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:06:59 +0400

Topics This Week

Situation in Artsakh

Let’s put this bluntly. A poll in Azerbaijan shows that 67% of Azeris believe that the Artsakh situation will be resolved by the killing of Artsakh Armenians or their displacement. It’s no surprise therefore that over 94% of Armenians polled in July say that Artsakh can not be left as part of Azerbaijan! We will talk more about the polls later in our show.

Former ICC Judge Says It’s Genocide

Last week a founding ICC prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, issued an expert opinion in response to Artsakh president Arayik Harutyunyan’s request and concluded that the Azerbaijani blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh does in fact constitute Genocide.

Hrant Mikaelian - Situation in Artsakh | Yerevan Elections Heating Up | MPG Poll Outtakes | MPG Poll on Yerevan Elections

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:06:59 +0400

Episode Summary

Situation in Artsakh. Yerevan Elections Heating Up. July MPG Survey Outtakes. August MPG Survey Outtakes. Baku Poll. Thoughts on the Economy.

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