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Parliamentary by-elections to be held in Yerevan district and Gyumri city
news.am
September 29, 2012 | 16:03
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) convened a
special session Saturday and, as a result, it designated National
Assembly (NA) majority by-elections in capital city Yerevan's
Electoral District No.1 and in Gyumri city's Electoral District No.35.
The decision was reached based upon NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan's
protocols on the termination of the parliamentary mandates of MPs
Samvel Balasanyan and Ruben Hayrapetyan, CEC press service informs.
The CEC designated December 2 as the date for these by-elections, and
it approved the schedule for preparing and holding this voting.
To note, the MP seat from Gyumri's Electoral District No.35 had become
vacant because Samvel Balasanyan was elected Mayor of Gyumri, and the
MP mandate from Yerevan's Electoral District No.1 had become vacant
because Ruben Hayrapetyan had submitted a petition to renounce his
parliamentary seat because of a tragic incident that occurred in the
capital's Harsnaqar restaurant.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, an incident had occurred at
Harsnaqar Restaurant Complex on June 17, where several military
doctors including Edgar Mikoyan, Arkadi Aghajanyan, Garik Soghomonyan,
Artak Bayadyan and Vahe Avetyan were brutally beaten by security
personnel. And Vahe Avetyan died in hospital on June 29.
Subsequently, a criminal lawsuit was filed and, now, six people are
standing trial.
The Restaurant's owner is RPA MP, Football Federation of Armenia
President, and businessman Ruben Hayrapetyan, who on July 4 had
formally submitted his resignation from his parliamentary seat in
connection with this incident.
news.am
September 29, 2012 | 16:03
YEREVAN. - Armenia's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) convened a
special session Saturday and, as a result, it designated National
Assembly (NA) majority by-elections in capital city Yerevan's
Electoral District No.1 and in Gyumri city's Electoral District No.35.
The decision was reached based upon NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan's
protocols on the termination of the parliamentary mandates of MPs
Samvel Balasanyan and Ruben Hayrapetyan, CEC press service informs.
The CEC designated December 2 as the date for these by-elections, and
it approved the schedule for preparing and holding this voting.
To note, the MP seat from Gyumri's Electoral District No.35 had become
vacant because Samvel Balasanyan was elected Mayor of Gyumri, and the
MP mandate from Yerevan's Electoral District No.1 had become vacant
because Ruben Hayrapetyan had submitted a petition to renounce his
parliamentary seat because of a tragic incident that occurred in the
capital's Harsnaqar restaurant.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, an incident had occurred at
Harsnaqar Restaurant Complex on June 17, where several military
doctors including Edgar Mikoyan, Arkadi Aghajanyan, Garik Soghomonyan,
Artak Bayadyan and Vahe Avetyan were brutally beaten by security
personnel. And Vahe Avetyan died in hospital on June 29.
Subsequently, a criminal lawsuit was filed and, now, six people are
standing trial.
The Restaurant's owner is RPA MP, Football Federation of Armenia
President, and businessman Ruben Hayrapetyan, who on July 4 had
formally submitted his resignation from his parliamentary seat in
connection with this incident.