CURRENT STEPANAKERT MAYOR CALLS FOR VOTING FOR OPPOSITION CANDIDATE IN
RUNOFF OF ELECTIONS
STEPANAKERT, August 20 (Noyan Tapan). The runoff of the elections of
the Mayor of Stepanakert will be held on August 22. Pavel Najarian,
who is supported by the “Zham” pro-governmental organization, and
Eduard Aghabekian, Chairman of the NKR NA Standing Commission on
Social Issues, who is supported by the Central Committee of ARFD
Artsakh, will continue struggle among the five candidates in the
runoff of the elections. To recap, N. Najarian received 42.8% of votes
in the first round of the elections, and E. Aghabekian received
34.5%. It should be also mentioned that Stepanakert current Mayor Amik
Avanesian, who won in the previous elections with the support of
“Zham”, called on the voters to vote for Eduard Aghabekian.