Armenians prone to vote for RPA in Yerevan elections on May 14April 22, 2017 - 21:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - 62.3% of the residents of Yerevan have said that current mayor Taron Margaryan, who heads the ruling Republican Party’s proportional list in the upcoming elections, is capable of solving the problems of the city, a fresh poll revealed on Saturday, April 22. Three parties participate in elections. The ruling Republicans' proportional list is headed by Margaryan; Pashinyan, who was recently re-elected to the National Assembly, tops the list of YELQ bloc; while 5th Convocation National Assembly lawmaker Zaruhi Postanjyan, who announced the Yerkir Tsirani (Land of Apricot) party several weeks ago, will head its list. Municipal elections are slated for May 14. The survey was conducted by Gallup International Association on April 12-20, with 1044 respondents involved overall. According to the research, 4.2% and 12.1% of the participants said Postanjyan and Pashinyan will be able to tackle the key issues. The remaining part of the respondents were either undecided or named people not running for the mayor’s post. Also, 61.2% of Yerevan residents said they are going to vote for Margaryan, 11.5% for Pashinyan, and only 3.9% for Postanjyan. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |