ELECTIONS OF YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY RECTOR CONTINUE

Panorama.am
17:16 15/05/06

The administration board of Yerevan State University (YSU) holds
elections of the rector of the university which yielded no results
on March 22. This time two candidates are nominated: the dean of law
faculty Gagik Kazinyan and pro-rector Aram Simonyan. There are some
hopes that this time the university will have its rector. 71 members
out of 72 of the administration board were present. Mesrop Arakelyan,
former YSU rector was absent.

Several prominent figures left the board on May 13, among them David
Arutunyan, Minister of Justice, Alexan Arutunyan, chairman of the board
of public TV, Gevorg Poghosyan, Director of Sociology Institute, Levon
Ananyan, chairman of Writers’ Union, Viktor Martirosyan, Director of
National Institute, Arsen Karapetyan, archbishop Ashot Khachatryan and
Stepan Yenokyan. The vacancies were soon filled. Former Board member
Stepan Yenokyan, a student, have been called to army recently. He voted
for G. Kazinyan in the last elections. Yenokyan’s draft is in no way
connected with the elections, David Hairapetyan, YSU Administration
Board Secretary told Panorama.am.