Arminfo, Armenia
Aug 24 2018


Orinats Yerkir party to nominate Mher Shahgeldyan as mayor of Yerevan

Yerevan August 24

Ani Mshetsyan. During the extended session of the political council of
the "Orinats Yerkir" party, held on , the decision to
participate in the upcoming elections to the Council of Elders of
Yerevan was unanimously adopted. The press service of the party
reports.

According to the source, "Orinats Yerkir" will act under the slogan:
"We and our Yerevan". The vice- chairman of the Orinats Yerkir party
Mher Shahgeldyan will become the candidate for the post of mayor of
Yerevan.

The Central Election Commission of Armenia has appointed early
elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan on September 23. The
election campaign will begin on September 10. Recall that the former
mayor of Yerevan, Taron Margaryan, who held this post since 2011,
announced the resignation on July 9. Actor Hayk Marutyan (from the
Civil Contract party), Zaruhi Postanjyan (leader of the Yerkir Tsirani
party), Ararat Zurabyan (Armenian National Movement) will participate
in the early elections to the Yerevan City Council in September this
year. The "Enlightened Armenia" Party and the "Republic" propose the
candidacy of the Minister of Justice of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan. The
daughter of the prominent Armenian architect Arthur Tarkhanyan, the
wife of the political prisoner recently released and convicted by the
former authorities for organizing the riots, Andreas Ghoukasyan -
Anahit Tarkhanyan (GALA party) also expressed a desire to run.