Jailed member of the Sasna Tsrer group Arayik Khandoyan will run in local self-government elections. The Central electoral Commission has registered him as a candidate for the head of Tsakhkahovit community.

Arayik Khandoyan will compete with acting head of the community Yervand Khachatryan representing the Republican Party of Armenia, Horayr Hakobyan. Ashot Hakobyan (representing the Prosperous Armenia Party) withdrew his candidacy immediately after Arayik Khandoyan was registered.

The elections will take place on September 18.