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ARF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO HOLD CONGRESS IN YEREVAN ON SEPT 7, 2006
Arka News Agency, Armenia
Aug. 29, 2006
YEREVAN, August 29. /ARKA/. The Executive Council of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation (ARF) "Dashnaktsutyun" is to hold its
10th congress in Yerevan on September 7, 2006, the head of the ARF
parliamentary faction Hrair Karapetyan told reporters.
According to him, the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" has always been a party
directed by a collective body.
"It is the Executive Council's congress that will settle all the
principal issues facing the party as well as determine its expectations
and policy," he said.
Karapetyan pointed out that the congress will determine the party's
strategy during the preparations for the parliamentary elections
scheduled for spring 2007.
The ARF "Dashnakstutyun" is one of the oldest political parties on
Armenia. It was founded in Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia, in 1890.
The party has over 6,000 members in Armenia, exclusive of women's
organizations and youth unions. The party has chapters in all
Armenians regions and in most Armenian communities. The ARF has 12
representatives to Armenia's Parliament and four ministerial posts.
After the 2003 parliamentary elections the ARF Dashnaktsutyun,
Republican Party of Armenia and the Law-Governed Country Party formed
the ruling coalition. However, this May the Law-Governed Country
Party announced its secession from the coalition due to political
disagreements with the other coalition members.
Arka News Agency, Armenia
Aug. 29, 2006
YEREVAN, August 29. /ARKA/. The Executive Council of the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation (ARF) "Dashnaktsutyun" is to hold its
10th congress in Yerevan on September 7, 2006, the head of the ARF
parliamentary faction Hrair Karapetyan told reporters.
According to him, the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" has always been a party
directed by a collective body.
"It is the Executive Council's congress that will settle all the
principal issues facing the party as well as determine its expectations
and policy," he said.
Karapetyan pointed out that the congress will determine the party's
strategy during the preparations for the parliamentary elections
scheduled for spring 2007.
The ARF "Dashnakstutyun" is one of the oldest political parties on
Armenia. It was founded in Tiflis (Tbilisi), Georgia, in 1890.
The party has over 6,000 members in Armenia, exclusive of women's
organizations and youth unions. The party has chapters in all
Armenians regions and in most Armenian communities. The ARF has 12
representatives to Armenia's Parliament and four ministerial posts.
After the 2003 parliamentary elections the ARF Dashnaktsutyun,
Republican Party of Armenia and the Law-Governed Country Party formed
the ruling coalition. However, this May the Law-Governed Country
Party announced its secession from the coalition due to political
disagreements with the other coalition members.