ARMAN SAHAKIAN RELEIVED OF POST OF YEREVAN DEPUTY
MAYOR AND INTENDS TO RUN FOR HEAD OF AJAPNIAK COMMUNITY
YEREVAN, AUGUST 2, NOYAN TAPAN. By the decision of the Armenian Prime
Minister Andranik Margarian, Arman Sahakian was releived of his post of
deputy mayor of Yerevan according to his application, NT was informed
from the RA Gover nment Information and PR Department. A. Sahakian
told Radio Liberty that his resignation was due to his intention to
run for the post of head of Ajapniak comunity in October. During
the last elections, he lost to the current community head Artsrun
Khachatrian. "I do not think that I was defeated that time when rigging
was committed. This time I want to test my strength again and I think
that I’ll win without fail," A. Sahakian said. A. Sahakian is the son
of Galust Sahakian, leader of the RA National Assembly’s Republican
Party faction.