Armenian president goes to polls, elects Yerevan mayor, city council
31.05.2009,
21:50
Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan went this morning to 9/10 polling station in Spandaryan School to elect a Yerevan mayor and city council members.
YEREVAN, May 31. /ARKA/. Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan went this morning to 9/10 polling station in Spandaryan School to elect a Yerevan mayor and city council members.
The president was accompanied by his spouse and daughter. Denying the journalists’ request to comment on the elections, Sargsyan said: “Today is a day of silence.”
Before the president’s arrival, 188 residents (out of 1,936) had cast a ballot in the same polling station.
These are the first time Yerevan residents go to polls to elect the city council. According to the new Law on the Yerevan Local Government, the city council is to be composed of 65 members.
The first candidate in the party that polls more than 50 percent of the vote automatically becomes mayor.
The polls are based on the proportional system, with six political parties (the Republican Party of Armenia, Prosperous Armenia Party, Orinats Yerkir, Armenian Revolutionary Federaion Dashnaktsutiun, People’s Party, Socialist Labor Party and the Armenian National Congress) are running the municipal elections.
According to specified voters lists, 771,500 residents are eligible voters.
This time, 29 local organizations with 6,000 observers and the 15-member CE Council of Local and Regional Authorities are observing the polls. –0--
The president was accompanied by his spouse and daughter. Denying the journalists’ request to comment on the elections, Sargsyan said: “Today is a day of silence.”
Before the president’s arrival, 188 residents (out of 1,936) had cast a ballot in the same polling station.
These are the first time Yerevan residents go to polls to elect the city council. According to the new Law on the Yerevan Local Government, the city council is to be composed of 65 members.
The first candidate in the party that polls more than 50 percent of the vote automatically becomes mayor.
The polls are based on the proportional system, with six political parties (the Republican Party of Armenia, Prosperous Armenia Party, Orinats Yerkir, Armenian Revolutionary Federaion Dashnaktsutiun, People’s Party, Socialist Labor Party and the Armenian National Congress) are running the municipal elections.
According to specified voters lists, 771,500 residents are eligible voters.
This time, 29 local organizations with 6,000 observers and the 15-member CE Council of Local and Regional Authorities are observing the polls. –0--
