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  • BH: Voters must decide on elections for Yerevan Elders' council

    Voters must decide on elections for Yerevan Elders' council themselves
    ` Prosperous Armenia party

    YEREVAN, March 11. /ARKA/. The voters will decide themselves on which
    party to vote for at the elections for Yerevan Elders' Council, said
    Spokesman of Prosperous Armenia Party Leader Khachik Galstyan.

    `I assure you this and will try to help our citizens be sure that the
    elections will be free and fair and each political power will be able
    to win the sympathy of the voters and introduce its view,' he told
    reporters on Wednesday.

    Talking about the competition, Galstyan noted all political parties of
    the country are rivals of the Prosperous Armenia Party.

    `We do not overestimate or underestimate anybody. These elections are
    an arena for healthy political competition for our party, we respect
    everybody and are ready to compete with all the parties that will
    participate to the elections of the Elders' Council,' he stressed.

    Galstyan excluded possibility of PAP participation to the elections in
    a team with other parties. He stated there is no information on
    intention of State of Law Party or Armenian Revolutionary Federation
    Dashnaktsutyun Party to support Prosperous Armenia Party in the
    elections.

    `I think these parties can participate in the elections separately,'
    said Galstyan.

    The elections for Yerevan Elders' Council will take place on May 31.
    A
    ccording to the RA Law `On local governments of Yerevan' the council
    will have 65 members and be formed by proportional system. The position
    of Mayor of Yerevan becomes elective and is elected by the Council of
    Elders from its members.

    If a party wins more than 50% of the votes in municipal elections, its
    first candidate becomes the Yerevan Mayor.

    Prosperous Armenia Party is in governing coalition with the Republican
    Party of Armenia, Dashnaktsutyun Party and State of Law Party. RA
    Minister of Health Harutyun Kushkyan is the first on the proportional
    list of the Prosperous Armenia Party.

    Gagik Beglaryan is currently the Mayor of Yerevan. He was appointed on
    March 4 on the RA President's decree. He is the first on the list of
    the Republican Party of Armenia for elections for the Council of
    Elders. G. S. --0--
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