ArmInfo. The "Civil Contract" party headed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will perform in the format of the "My step" block in the elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan. Vahan Kostanyan, spokesman for the party, stated this in an interview with journalists on August 29.
Kostanyan noted that in addition to the Civil Contract party, the party will also include the Mission party and many private individuals and figures who took part in the revolution. According to the press secretary, the list will be headed by the member of the party "Civil Contract" Hayk Marutyan. The list includes 170 people.
It should be noted that the former mayor of Yerevan, Taron Margaryan, who held this post since 2011, announced the resignation on July 9. Actor Hayk Marutyan (from the Civil Contract party), Zaruhi Postanjyan (leader of the Yerkir Tsirani party), Ararat Zurabyan (Armenian National Movement) will participate in the early elections to the Yerevan City Council in September this year. The "Enlightened Armenia" Party and the "Republic" propose the candidacy of the Minister of Justice of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan. The daughter of the prominent Armenian architect Arthur Tarkhanyan, the wife of the political prisoner recently released and convicted by the former authorities for organizing the riots, Andreas Ghoukasyan - Anahit Tarkhanyan (GALA party) also expressed a desire to run. The Heritage Party decided to approve the appointment of its founder, Raffi K. Hovhannisyan, to the post of mayor of the Armenian capital in early elections, and the vice-chairman of the Orinats Yerkir party Mher Shahgeldyan will be the candidate for the post of mayor from the Orinats Yerkir party. The Central Election Commission of Armenia has appointed early elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan on September 23. The election campaign will begin on September 10.