ArmInfo. 8 MPs of the National Assembly of Armenia from the Republican Party signed under the petition to change the measure of restraint of the mayor Masis David Ambartsumian from arrest on the recognizance not to leave the place.
Among them, Vice Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov, MPs Murad Muradyan, Khosrov Harutyunyan, Gagik Melikyan, Arayik Hovhannisyan, Vahram Baghdasaryan, Gagik Minasyan and Koryun Naapetyan.
Meanwhile, today all day in the city of Masis are held rallies in support of the mayor David Hambardzumyan, the Masis demand his immediate release. It should be noted that David Hambardzumyan and his deputy were arrested in the case of beating activists on April 22 in the Yerevan community of Erebuni. In total, five people were arrested within the framework of the case.
Earlier, under the same charge, brother Hambardzumyan was arrested.
In the case of the beating of activists in the Yerevan community of Avan, a number of employees of the Yerevan city administration and the prefecture of the prefecture were arrested.