SWEARING-IN CEREMONY OF YEREVAN MAYOR TO TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 11

NOYAN TAPAN
JUNE 8, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, JUNE 8, NOYAN TAPAN. The first sitting of newly elected
Yerevan Council of Elders was convened on June 8, which was conducted
by the Council of Elders’ oldest member, Chairwoman of the Union
of Journalists of Armenia Astghik Gevorgian. Two of 35 Elders from
the Republican Party of Armenia and of 17 representatives from
the Bargavach Hayastan (Prosperous Armenia) party were absent. The
Armenian National Congress bloc (13 members) did not participate in
the sitting, either.

A. Gevorgian introducing Elders publicized the name of the elected
Mayor, Gagik Beglarian. An ad hoc calculation commission was formed at
the sitting. Suren Nersisian (RPA) was elected its Chairman, Natalia
Lapauri (BH) Secretary, Manvel Avetisian (RPA) and Arman Vardanian
(BH) its members.

Yerevan Council of Elders made the first decisions, Mayor’s swearing-in
ceremony will be organized on June 11 and Council of Elders’ first
session will be held on June 23.