Raffi Hovhanessian to run for post of Yerevan mayor
21.08.2018,
10:55
U.S.-born Armenia’s first post-Soviet foreign minister Raffi Hovhanessian was nominated by his Heritage party as a candidate for the post of mayor of Yerevan in the snap election to the Council of Elders, slated for September 23.
YEREVAN, August 21. /ARKA/. U.S.-born Armenia’s first post-Soviet foreign minister Raffi Hovhanessian was nominated by his Heritage party as a candidate for the post of mayor of Yerevan in the snap election to the Council of Elders, slated for September 23.
The post of the mayor became vacant after former mayor Taron Margaryan resigned on July 9 amid a corruption scandal.
The second number in the Heritage’s list is the acting chairman of the party and former MP Armen Martirosyan, who will lead the electoral campaign, the third is a human rights activist Hovsep Khurshudyan.
On August 16, the Armenian government terminated the powers of the Council of Elders. Elections to the Council of Elders are held by party lists. The deadline for parties’ nomination is August 29. The deadline for registration is September 3. The 10-day election campaign is to start a week after the registration is completed.
If a party wins more than 50% of the seats in the Council of Elders, the first number in the party’s list is considered elected mayor.
The Civil Contract party, headed by the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, nominated a popular actor Hayk Marutyan as a mayoral candidate. The Prosperous Armenia party nominated MP Naira Zohrabyan. -0-
The post of the mayor became vacant after former mayor Taron Margaryan resigned on July 9 amid a corruption scandal.
The second number in the Heritage’s list is the acting chairman of the party and former MP Armen Martirosyan, who will lead the electoral campaign, the third is a human rights activist Hovsep Khurshudyan.
On August 16, the Armenian government terminated the powers of the Council of Elders. Elections to the Council of Elders are held by party lists. The deadline for parties’ nomination is August 29. The deadline for registration is September 3. The 10-day election campaign is to start a week after the registration is completed.
If a party wins more than 50% of the seats in the Council of Elders, the first number in the party’s list is considered elected mayor.
The Civil Contract party, headed by the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, nominated a popular actor Hayk Marutyan as a mayoral candidate. The Prosperous Armenia party nominated MP Naira Zohrabyan. -0-
