ArmInfo. In the next elections, Tigran Avinyan will be nominated for the post of Mayor of Yerevan. This was announced on April 28 during a briefing with journalists by current head of the metropolitan municipality Hrachya Sargsyan.
In particular, he said that he would be in this post for a year and a half, after which the candidacy of the former deputy prime minister of Armenia would be nominated, then the election process would follow. In this regard, Sargsyan stated that he wants to complete the programs he has begun, and only after that leave the post of mayor.
The current head of the Yerevan Municipality did not express any disagreement with such a development of the situation. He noted that he served as first deputy mayor for 5 years, after which he began to head the metropolitan Municipality. "The experience that I have accumulated here for so long, I will apply for good elsewhere," he stressed.
It should be reminded that at the end of December last year, Hayk Marutyan was dismissed from the post of Mayor of Yerevan. The Council of Elders voted for the candidacy of Hrachya Sargsyan with 44 votes in favor and 10 votes against by secret ballot.