{"id":165024,"date":"2012-02-28T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=165024"},"modified":"2012-02-28T17:44:45","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T13:44:45","slug":"opposition-groups-protest-voting-system-outside-armenian-parliament-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2012\/02\/28\/opposition-groups-protest-voting-system-outside-armenian-parliament-photos.html","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Groups Protest Voting System Outside Armenian Parliament (PHOTOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the National Assembly discusses the move to a 100% proportional representation system proposed by parliamentary opposition parties Heritage Party and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun), a couple hundred people were protesting outside the National Assembly gates in central Yerevan. Demonstrators represent mainly the two parliamentary opposition parties and the extra-parliamentary opposition bloc the Armenian National Congress.<\/p>\n

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Recall, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK), which holds a significant parliamentary majority, is opposed to the bill.<\/p>\n

Note, out of 131 parliamentary seats, 41 are elected by majority ballot and 90 by party-list proportional representation. In Armenia, citizens vote for individual candidates on the majority ballot, but vote for political parties on the proportional ballot. Opposition parties support a move to a 100% proportional representation system as they believe the majority seats are biased in favor of larger political groups and oligarchs.<\/p>\n

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There are about two hundred police officers also on the scene.<\/p>\n

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The inscription on some of the placards held by protestors and affixed on the parliamentary gates reads: “41 + HHK = poverty, emigration”, “A National Assembly without cretins”, “No to Majority System, Yes to Proportional Representation” and “I am against the majority system”.<\/p>\n

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The discussion in parliament wrapped up a little while earlier, but voting on the bill will take place tomorrow.<\/p>\n

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