ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan has given a negative reply to Enlightened Armenia Party's letter about the need to dissolve the Elders` Council of Vanadzor.
To note, in its letter the Party suggested that the Prime Minister should dissolve the Elders' Council of Vanadzor because the Council has held no sittings for over three months. According to the Law on Local Self-Governance, in such cases the Government can make a decision to dissolve the Council.
Karen Karapetyan says that three months have not yet passed since the latest sitting of the Council, which took place on October 10, and the Government received the Party's letter on December 28. "So, there are no reasons for dissolution of the Council yet," the Prime Minister says in his reply.
To note, during the elections of the Vanadzor Elders' Council the joint opposition obtained more votes than the ruling Republican Party of Armenia. Enlightened Armenia, Prosperous Armenia and Armenian Revival parties came to an agreement to vote for Enlightened Armenia's candidate Krist Marukyan. However, during the closed voting, one of the parties (by ArmInfo's data, the Armenian Revival Party - editor's note) voted for the RPA candidate Mamikon Aslanyan. Later, however, the three parties agreed to boycott the sittings of the Council.