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WHO WILL BE STEPANAKERT'S NEXT MAYOR?
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country23010.html
Published: 15:25:59 - 19/08/2011
On September 18, elections of mayor are scheduled in Stepanakert. The
candidates are not known yet though nomination has set out and will
last till August 24. People suggest nomination of the Chief of Staff
of the NKR Government, Suren Grigoryan. The acting mayor, Vazgen
Mikayelyan, is also expected to run in the election. By the way,
he is President Bako Sahakyan's brother-in-law.
Vazgen Mikayelyan has been mayor for 4 years. He succeeded Eduard
Aghabekyan who was elected in the result of genuine democratic
elections. However, oppositionist Aghabekyan could not come to terms
with the government. Since, the city treasury, despite municipal laws,
is financed from the state budget, the government simply cut funding
for the ex-mayor's programs.
The next mayor did not pretend to municipal independence. Moreover,
he was a relative of the president, and everyone knew where decisions
were made. The fact that Bako Sahakyan's brother-in-law became mayor
was a minus for this biography.
Will his brother-in-law run again despite the strong backlash of the
society? People in Karabakh say it makes no difference who will be
mayor, the brother-in-law of the president or the chief of staff of
the government. In fact, it doesn't inasmuch as the citizens will
not elect him.
From: Baghdasarian
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/country23010.html
Published: 15:25:59 - 19/08/2011
On September 18, elections of mayor are scheduled in Stepanakert. The
candidates are not known yet though nomination has set out and will
last till August 24. People suggest nomination of the Chief of Staff
of the NKR Government, Suren Grigoryan. The acting mayor, Vazgen
Mikayelyan, is also expected to run in the election. By the way,
he is President Bako Sahakyan's brother-in-law.
Vazgen Mikayelyan has been mayor for 4 years. He succeeded Eduard
Aghabekyan who was elected in the result of genuine democratic
elections. However, oppositionist Aghabekyan could not come to terms
with the government. Since, the city treasury, despite municipal laws,
is financed from the state budget, the government simply cut funding
for the ex-mayor's programs.
The next mayor did not pretend to municipal independence. Moreover,
he was a relative of the president, and everyone knew where decisions
were made. The fact that Bako Sahakyan's brother-in-law became mayor
was a minus for this biography.
Will his brother-in-law run again despite the strong backlash of the
society? People in Karabakh say it makes no difference who will be
mayor, the brother-in-law of the president or the chief of staff of
the government. In fact, it doesn't inasmuch as the citizens will
not elect him.
From: Baghdasarian