Official election campaign of Council of Elders starts in Yerevan

2009-05-02 11:58:00

ArmInfo. Official election campaign on election of the Council of
Elders to be held on May 31 started in Yerevan.

Central Election Committee of Armenia has registered six parties and
one bloc to take part in the election: Republic party of Armenia,
‘Prosperous Armenia’, ‘Orinats Yerkir’, ARF ‘Dashnaktsutyun’,
People’s party, Workers Socialist party of Armenia and the election
bloc of the Armenian National Congress. The electoral lists of these
political forces are headed by the acting Mayor of Gagik Beglaryan,
Health Minister Harutyun Kushkyan, Head of the OY party’s parliamentary
faction Heghine Bisharyan, parliamentarian Artsvik Minasyan, People’s
party leader Tigran Karapetyan, Movses Shahverdyan and ANC leader Levon
Ter-Petrosyan. The upcoming election will become the first in the
republic’s history to be held solely by party lists. Until recently,
Yerevan Mayor was appointed by the Armenian president’s decree. Today,
CEC will discuss the question of a time delivery to the candidates on
the air of the Public TV and Radio for the election campaign to be
completed on May 29.

According to the recently effective Law "On Local Authorities in
Yerevan", the capital’s mayor will be elected by the Council of Elders
to be elected through proportional election during which the parties
will fight for the degree of representation in the Council. The
election of the Yerevan Council of Elders will be held on May 31. The
Council of Elders will consist of 65 people and will be formed
according to the proportional system. Yerevan mayor automatically
becomes the first in the list of the party having received the absolute
majority of the places in the Council.