 Paper: Gyumri mayor to be replaced May 15, 2012 - 16:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - According to Haykakan Zhamanak daily, the authorities plan to dismiss Gyumri mayor, member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Vardan Ghukasyan. The paper claims he will be replaced with Arman Sahakyan, another RPA member who ran for elections by majority system in constituency 34. “Sahakyan lost the parliamentary vote to Prosperous Armenia’s Martun Grigoryan. According to the data published by Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission, RPA gained 24.5% of votes in Gyumri city, while Prosperous Armenia got 44.46%. RPA blames Gyumri mayor for its defeat here,” the paper reports. Next elections of Gyumri mayor will be held on September 9 or 16. The paper’s sources in the RPA claim that Ghukasyan, 76th on RPA’s electoral list will join the new parliament, and early mayor elections will be organized in Gyumri.   Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering.   Partner news |  Latest news Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall  A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province.U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12.Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |
