TWO CANDIDATURES TO BE VOTED ON AT MARCH 25 ELECTIONS OF ARMAVIR MAYOR

YEREVAN, MARCH 24, NOYAN TAPAN. Elections of mayor of the city of
Armavir will be held on March 25. There are two candidates: Ruben
Khlghatian – current mayor, deputy head of the Armavir regional
structure of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), and Arayik
Aghababian, head of the Armavir regional structure of the "Prosperous
Armenia" Party. To recap, they took part in the previous elections of
Armavir mayor, and in the 2003 parliamentary elections by the
majoritarian electoral system at Armavir’s electoral district No
29. In 2003, A. Aghababian was nominated as representative of the
All-Armenian Workers’ Party, while R. Khlghatian – as a
nonpartisan. At the 1999 National Assembly elections, A. Aghababian
was nominated as a nonpartisan by the majoritarian electoral system at
Armavir’s electoral district No 39, and at the 1995 parliamentary
elections – as member of the Armenian National Movement on the list of
the "Republic" pre-electoral bloc by the proportional electoral
system. By an interesting coincidence, both at the 1995 elections and
at the 2007 elections when A. Aghababian is nominated as a candidate
for deputacy on the list of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party, he is in
82st place of the list. In 2002, he joined the RPA. During the
pre-electoral campaign of its candidate, the "Prosperous Armenia"
recently organized a meeting in Armavir, at which the message of the
party chairman Gagik Tsarukian was read to local residents. The
concert program included performance of famous Russian singer Mikhail
Shufutinski, which was followed by splendid fireworks. In response to
NT correspondent’s question, head of the NA RPA faction Galust
Sahakian said that "there will be normal elections" in Armavir on
March 25.