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    RPA CONSIDERS FREEDOM HOUSE REPORT ON ARMENIA BIASED

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    15.01.2010 19:18 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The report of Freedom House Washington-based research
    institute, stating that no positive changes were registered in Armenia
    over the last 8 years, is unacceptable to me. I consider the report
    biased, RPA parliamentary group secretary Eduard Sharmazanov said.

    As he told a news conference in Yerevan, organization like Freedom
    House, which used to speak in support of USA's military intervention
    to Vietnam, is incapable of providing a non-biased report. "I do not
    think everything is ideal in Armenia, but still disagree with Freedom
    House-provided assessment regarding our country," RPA parliamentary
    group secretary emphasized.

    The Republican Party of Armenia is a national conservative political
    party in Armenia. It was the first political party in independent
    Armenia to be founded (2 April 1990) and registered (14 May 1991). It
    is the largest party of the centre-right in Armenia, and claims to have
    140,000 members. The party controls most government bodies in Armenia.

    At the 2003 parliamentary elections on May 25, the party received
    23.5% of the popular vote, winning 31 out of 131 seats. At the last
    parliamentary elections on May 12, 2007, the party received 33.91%
    of the popular vote, winning 64 out of 131 seats. The former prime
    minister, Andranik Markaryan, was the leader of the party. Current
    President of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, is the chairman of RPA board.
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